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    Manuscript Collections Simms, Mary Cannon. Memoir
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    Simms, Mary Cannon. Memoir, circa 1942. 15 pages. Location: MISC:S. Native of Plaquemines Parish. Memoir (copy of a typewritten manuscript) recounts events including "the big gale of 1860" (a hurricane); the death of family members because of a yellow fever outbreak in 1878; and the New Orleans Levee Board forcing Simms to sell family land. Mss. 5336.
    Manuscript Number
    5336
    Manuscript Topic
    Women
    New Orleans 1866+
    Acadiana
    Record Type
    Manuscript Collections
    Year
    1942
    Page URL: https://lib.lsu.edu/special/manuscripts/guides/simms-mary-cannon-memoir
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