Family papers, 1825-82.
Methodist minister of Virginia and planter of Woodville and Cliffwood Plantation, Pickneyville, Miss. Correspondence and personal and business papers of Burruss, his son, John William F. Burruss, his daughter, Mary (Burruss) McGehee, and Edward McGehee Burruss and Ann (Burruss) Kennard, children of...
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| OCLC: | 5033370 |
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| Language: | English |
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[Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Pub. Co.,
1973?]
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| Series: | Plantation records ;
[5] |
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| Format: | Kit Monograph Microform Note that CRL will digitize material from the collection when copyright allows. |
| Summary: | Methodist minister of Virginia and planter of Woodville and Cliffwood Plantation, Pickneyville, Miss. Correspondence and personal and business papers of Burruss, his son, John William F. Burruss, his daughter, Mary (Burruss) McGehee, and Edward McGehee Burruss and Ann (Burruss) Kennard, children of John William F. Burruss. Includes papers of the family of McGehee, of Wilkinson Co., Miss. The papers relate to the Methodist church, especially in Mississippi, the social and intellectual life of wealthy planter families, student life at southern and eastern colleges, military and civilian life during the Civil War, and religious justification of slavery. |
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| Item Description: | Microfiche of ms. collection in Louisiana State University, Dept. of Archives and Manuscripts (Baton Rouge) Forms part of the repository's George M. Lester collection. Unpublished inventory (reproduced on first microfiche) in the repository. Information on literary rights available in the repository. |
| Physical Description: | 407 items on 19 sheets ; 105 x 148 mm. |