Manuscript Collections
Erwin, Isaac. Diary
Description
Erwin, Isaac. Diary, 1848-1868. 1 volume. Location: W:16. Sugar and cotton planter of Shady Grove Plantation, Bayou Gross Tete, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Diary (photocopies of a typescript) records plantation, personal, and family activities, and mentions local aspects of the Civil War, Reconstruction, epidemic diseases, floods, levee maintenance, and sugar and cotton production. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2933.
Manuscript Number
Mss. 2933
Manuscript Topic
Sugar
Civil War
Medicine
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1848