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R. Ogden, representative of Mississippi bank in New Orleans sends further details to Duncan Cameron with regard to purchase of indebted Louisiana plantation in American Parish, Carroll. The plantation is generally described in terms of its animals,…

H. Linall describes boats departing from Candy's Landing to Mobile carrying Paul Cameron's cotton crop. Linall recommends two steamboats to Cameron for his own passage, the Arkansas No. 5 and the Bradstreet. Since neighboring cotton warehouses have…

Rayner begins to set up his new plantation, slaves and mules relocated to site after 36-hour steamboat journey from Memphis, slave houses and fencing repaired, desires to purchase neighboring land from Arkansas Sentator Ashley, asks banker Duncan…

Paul writes home to his father from his new plantation property in Greene County, Alabama, noting his journey from North Carolina to Alabama took one week. Paul describes the health of slaves and a process of inspection. Paul indicates slaves are…

Paul writes home to his father from a road trip to Alabama, relaying details of the trip involving stagecoach and steamboat. Paul was displeased to share a coach with "negroes" en route from Atlanta to Chehaw. Paul refers to counties he saw in "new…