Scope and Contents

This collection contains the accounting records of a plantation in Charleston, Mississippi; the correspondence of two brothers, Thomas S. Jones [who was in charge of the plantation] and John R. Jones [who was practicing medicine in Marshall County, Tennessee]; and speech. Buleah Davis donated this collection in 1939.

Folder 1

Accounting Records

• 1851-1852 - Account Sale of Cotton and Final Settlement
• 1852 - Invoice of Sundries

Folder 2

Correspondence

• July 23, 1848 - T. S. Jones to J. R. Jones
• December 17, 1849 - T. S. Jones to J. R. Jones
• August 1, 1850 - T. S. Jones to J. R. Jones
• June 21, 1852 - T. S. Jones to J. R. Jones
• August 20, 1852 - T. S. Jones to J. R. Jones
• April 2, 1855 - C. W. Robertson to John R. Jones

Folder 3

Speech

• J. L. M. Curry of Alabama
  On the Election of Speaker and the Progress of Anti-Slaveryism
  Delivered in the House of Representatives
  December 10, 1859