Manuscript Collections
McMurran, Alie Austen, d. 1899
Description
McMurran, Alie Austen, d. 1899. Journal, 1856-1889 (bulk 1856-1878). 1 v. Location: G:18. This typescript copy of the journal of Alice "Alie" Austen McMurran recounts her marriage in Maryland and subsequent life in antebellum Natchez, Miss.; her life in Natchez and Maryland during the Civil War; political and social events at the close of the war; and family affairs in Mississippi and Maryland during the three years after the war and sporadically recorded through 1878. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4304.
Manuscript Topic
Natchez, Mississippi
Civil War
Plantations
African Americans
Women
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1856