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MADISON, Mississippi in the 1830s: 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. The Backcountry of Central Mississippi
    date October 16, 1825map MADISON, Mississippitags Agriculture, Health/Death

    In a letter to his brother, Dr. Philip Klipstein the postmaster of New Baltimore Virginia, Elijah Thomhill recounted the perils of Mississippi living: Times now are very sickly, ie it was in the latter part of the summer but it is now getting more healthy. I have had a spell of the ague and fever. John also has been sick- George has been sick with the bilibious(?) fever and been well almost ever...

  2. Violence in Mississippi
    date July 15, 1835map MADISON, Mississippitags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    In the summer of 1835, violence swept through the Mississippi landscape. A Mississippi man's letters include harrowing murders, vigilante activity and a purported slave insurrection. Rattled by the violence, the Mississippian, James Carlson, in a letter to his former schoolmate, Virginian Robert Whitehead, detailed the events with fear and warning. Lawless men brutally murdered a mutual friend on...