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Size | 4 items |
Abstract | William Cooper was a planter of Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Ala., and Magnolia Plantation, Coahoma County, Miss. He travelled frequently between his home at Tuscumbia, Ala., and his plantation in Coahoma County, Miss. William Cooper's diaries chiefly contain brief daily records of weather, but include occasional discussions of dealings with slaves and of life in Tuscumbia during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The events described are often illustrated with color drawings. Volumes for 1865 and 1872 are on microfilm only (originals at Alabama Department of Archives and History). |
Creator | Cooper, William, b. 1802. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, July 1996
Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, November 2006
Finding aid updated for digitization by Kathryn Michaelis, September 2010
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William Cooper was a planter of Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Ala., and Magnolia Plantation, Coahoma County, Miss. He travelled frequently between his home at Tuscumbia, Ala., and his plantation in Coahoma County, Miss.
Back to TopThe diaries of plantation owner William Cooper of Tuscumbia, Ala., and Coahoma County, Miss., chiefly contain brief daily records of weather, but include occasional discussions of dealings with slaves and of life in Tuscumbia during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The events described are often illustrated with color drawings.
Volumes for 1865 and 1872 are on microfilm only (originals at Alabama Department of Archives and History)
Back to TopTwo manuscript volumes and one reel of microfilm of two manuscript volumes (originals at the Alabama State Department of Archives and History.) Volumes 1 and 4 have typescript copies.
Folder 1 |
Volume 1: 1862Diary written chiefly at Tuscumbia, Ala., with references to the sale of slaves and the occupation of the area by Federal troops. Folder contains original and typed copy. 118 pages. |
Reel M-1195/1 |
Volume 2: 1865Diary written chiefly at Magnolia Plantation with discussion of the move to from Tuscumbia to Coahoma, provisions for slaves, and general lawlessness. 97 pages. |
Volume 3: 1872Diary written chiefly at Tuscumbia, Ala., with agricultural and workers accounts and some political references. 118 pages. |
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Folder 2 |
Volume 4: 1886Diary written chiefly at Tuscumbia with references to a Democratic Party barbecue, an Africa American female preacher, a trip to Russellville, and a land boom around Sheffield, Ala. Folder contains original and typed copy. 50 pages. |
Image Folder PF-1195/1 |
Two photostat copies of the 25 December 1862 entry from volume 1 |