Thomas Affleck Papers

              Thomas Affleck was born in 1813 to a prominent Scottish family of Dumfries, Scotland. He emigrated to New York at nineteen and studied agriculture and general sciences while he lived on the East coast. During a trip to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1842, Affleck met his second wife, Anna Dunbar Smith. They established their household at Ingleside near the town of Washington in Adams County, Mississippi. He managed the plantations of his wife and stepson and established, at his Ingleside farm, one of the first commercial nurseries in the South. The plants he imported from the North and Europe came to have great agricultural importance in the region. Much of his time was given to public service, and he wrote extensively on scientific and agricultural subjects in order to establish himself as a scholar and public-minded citizen.Thomas Affleck was born in 1813 to a prominent Scottish family of Dumfries, Scotland. He emigrated to New York at nineteen and studied agriculture and general sciences while he lived on the East coast. During a trip to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1842, Affleck met his second wife, Anna Dunbar Smith. They established their household at Ingleside near the town of Washington in Adams County, Mississippi. He managed the plantations of his wife and stepson and established, at his Ingleside farm, one of the first commercial nurseries in the South. The plants he imported from the North and Europe came to have great agricultural importance in the region. Much of his time was given to public service, and he wrote extensively on scientific and agricultural subjects in order to establish himself as a scholar and public-minded citizen.THOMAS AFFLECK PAPERS
(Mss. 3, 4, 1110, 1263, 1264, MSS.MF: A)
Inventory
Revised by
Luana Henderson
Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections
Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library
Louisiana State University Libraries
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2002
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Contents of Inventory
Summary 3
Biographical/Historical Note 4
Scope and Content Note 5-6
Index Terms 7
Container List 8-12
Contents of Microfilm 13-14
Appendix A: List of printed pamphlets typescripts: 15
Appendix B: List of items from scrapbook 17-19
Guide to Collection Microfilm 20-21
Appendix C: Chronological list of letters in
letterbooks 3-5 22-78 (see paper copy)
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Summary
Size. 12 linear feet; 43 mss. volumes; 6 printed volumes..
Geographic Mississippi, Texas.
locations.
Inclusive
dates. 1807-1935.
Bulk dates. 1842-1868
Languages. English, French.
Summary. Correspondence, legal documents, diaries, record books, published material,
newspapers, and clippings related to the personal and business affairs of
horticulturist, Thomas Affleck, and his family.
Organization. Papers arranged chronologically. Volumes arranged by type, then
chronologically.
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Citation. Thomas Affleck Papers, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections,
LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Stack W:110-121, J:25, OS:A, MSS.MF:A
location.
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Biographical/Historical Note
Thomas Affleck was born in 1813 to a prominent Scottish family of Dumfries, Scotland. He
emigrated to New York at nineteen and studied agriculture and general sciences while he lived
on the East coast. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1839, and the following year he became the
editor of the Western Farmer and Gardener, a widely circulated agricultural periodical in the
West. It was in this position that his views and knowledge as an agriculturalist came to have
some value for the American farmer. During a trip to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1842, Affleck met
his second wife, Anna Dunbar Smith. They established their household at Ingleside near the
town of Washington in Adams County, Mississippi. Through this marriage, Affleck became
legally responsible for the large financial debts of Anna’s former husband. He managed the
plantations of his wife and stepson and established, at his Ingleside farm, one of the first
commercial nurseries in the South. The plants he imported from the North and Europe came to
have great agricultural importance in the region. Much of his time was given to public service,
and he wrote extensively on scientific and agricultural subjects in order to establish himself as a
scholar and public-minded citizen. He served as editor of agricultural departments of several
newspapers, and published the Southern Rural Almanac and Plantation Garden Calendar
continuously from 1845 to the 1860s. Before the Civil War, Affleck moved to Washington
County, Texas. Most of the articles he published in Texas before the Civil War appeared in the
Houston Telegraph. After 1865, the majority of his articles appeared in the Galveston News.
Realizing the political unrest in the country, the turmoil that war would cause in the region, as
well as being heavily in debt Thomas Affleck disposed of his holding in Mississippi and moved
to Texas in 1857. Following the Civil War, Affleck made several trips to the North and to
England to promoted immigration of white labor to the South. At the time of his death in 1868,
Affleck made his living selling creysilic acid, a carbolic acid compound. The correspondence
reflects his extensive knowledge of horticulture. Through his correspondence and publications,
Thomas Affleck established himself as a prominent authority in the study of agriculture.
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Scope and Content
Thomas Affleck Papers consist of the correspondence, business papers, printed books and
pamphlets, legal documents, newspapers, and writings of Thomas Affleck and relate primarily to
Thomas Affleck, his family, and his interest in agriculture.
Early papers (1807-1859) pertain to the Affleck and Hannay families of Dumfries, Scotland,
Thomas Affleck's early life, and social and economic unrest in Scotland during this time period.
Papers also describe Affleck's emigration to the United States, his life in Pennsylvania (1832-
1834), Indiana (1835-1838), and Kentucky (1839-1842), and his activities as editor of the
Western Farmer and Gardener. Frontier conditions and the difficulties of the frontier merchant
are discussed in correspondence between 1835-1840. A printed copy of a lecture supporting
abolition (June 15, 1836) is also among these early papers. Papers from 1842-1859 relate to the
management of his wife's plantation near Natchez, Mississippi, his agricultural experiments, the
establishment of his commercial nursery, and his service as agricultural editor of several
newspapers. Correspondents include Martin W. Philips, Robert W. Scott, Edmund Ruffin, S. D.
Gale, E. J. Hooper, Thaddeus W. Harris, Henry S. Randall, N. M. Hentz, John Parkhill, Matt R.
Evans, C. B. Stewart, J. V. Jones, N. B. Cloud, and B. L. C. Wailes.
Civil War papers (1860-1865) concern Affleck's relocation to Washington County, Texas, his
travels through Mexico in 1863, the establishment of a plantation factory, and the sale of
plantation products to the Confederate States of America. Civil War letters written by Affleck's
sons, Thomas Dunbar and Isaac Dunbar, describe battles, camp life, and troop movements.
There is also a reference to slaves remaining on the plantation (Feb. 17, 1861).
Post Civil War papers describe Affleck's agricultural and speculative enterprises, his project to
promote the use of white labor in the South, his interest in irrigation and dredging projects, meat
canning, and direct exportation of cattle to England.
Among the undated material are several manuscript writings pertaining to various agricultural
and horticultural topics, including Texas pine forests, hogs, poultry, southern cowpeas. There is
also a detailed description of the route between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (n.d.).
Manuscript volumes include diaries (1829-1833) documenting Thomas Affleck’s daily activities
with some references to the political environment in Scotland at the time. Volume four (1832) of
the diaries gives an account of Affleck’s voyage across the Atlantic to the United States.
Manuscript volumes also include letter books (1850-1868); a journal (1854-1856); a record book
(1859-1876) recording contracts for construction projects, expenses related to a lumber mill, and
expenditures for food, farm equipment, and various sundry items. Additionally manuscript
volumes contain miscellaneous memoranda books (1833, 1850, n.d.), notebooks relating to
cotton, extracts, and fruits (n.d.), order books (1850-1859), and recipe books (1829-1831, 1866,
n.d.). Printed books and pamphlets include works by Thomas Affleck, and related primarily to
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agricultural and scientific interests.
Collection also includes typescripts of printed pamphlets, scientific writings of Thomas Affleck,
correspondence, and manuscript volumes (described above). Manuscript volumes include diaries
(1829-1864), an order book (ca. 1853-1856), letter books (1850-1868), recipe books (1829,
1831, n.d.), a cotton notebook (n.d.), record book (1859-1876), and journal (1854-1856).
Correspondence includes an exchange of Civil War letters between Thomas Affleck, his wife,
Anna Dunbar Affleck, and their son Dunbar Affleck.
Also among the papers are typescripts of correspondence, printed items and a scrapbook of
which the originals are not contained within this collection. Material within the scrapbook
pertains to the labor question in Texas, immigration, farm crops, cattle breeding, preserving fresh
meat, and related subjects (see appendix A for a complete list of items within the scrapbook and
appendix B for a list of printed pamphlets).
Note: Typescripts of original correspondence within the collection accompany the originals;
typescripts of manuscript volumes are contained in boxes 31-32; typescripts of correspondence
of which there are no originals are housed in box 15b.
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Index Terms
Abolition.
Affleck, Anna Maria, d. 1871?
Affleck, Thomas Dunbar.
Affleck, Isaac Dunbar.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign--United States--History--19th century.
Agriculture--Authorship--United States.
Agriculture--Experimentation--United States.
Agriculture--United States--History--19th century.
Agriculture–Mississippi–19th century.
Bastrop Military Institute.
Colonization Society.
Confederate States of America. Army--Appropriations and expenditures.
Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
Horticulturists.
Merchants–United States.
Mexico--Description and travel--19th century.
Mississippi–History–Civil War, 1861-1865.
Nurseries–Mississippi--History--19th century.
Pennsylvania–Description and travel.
Plantations–Mississippi.
Presbyterian Church–Southern States.
Scotland--Economic conditions--19th century.
Scotland--Social conditions--19th century.
Slavery–Mississippi.
Slaves–Mississippi.
Texas–History–Civil War, 1861-1865.
Texas – History – 1846-1950.
Transatlantic voyages.
United States--Commerce--History.
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Container List
Stack Box Folder Contents
location
Papers
W:110 1 1-10 Sept. 1807-1837.
2 1-8 Jan.- Oct. 1832.
3 1-6 Nov.-Dec. 1832 -1833.
W:111 4 1-7 1834 – Jan.-Oct. 1832.
5 1-9 Nov.- Dec.1835; 1836-1837; Jan.-March 1838.
6 1-8 May - Dec.1838; 1839-184.
Jan.-Feb.1842.
W:112 7 1-12 March 1842-1847.
8 1-9 1848-1857.
9 1-9 1858 - March 1860.
W:113 10 1-13 April 1860-1865.
11 1-9 1866.
12 1-12 1867-1868.
W:114 13 1-12 1869-1935.
14 1-11 n.d.
15a 1-6 n.d.
15b 1-3 Typescripts with no originals (1827-1863).
15c 1-5 Typescripts with no originals (1864-1868, 1932, n.d.).
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Container List (cont.)
Stack Box Folder Contents
location
Manuscript volumes*
W:115 16 1 v. 1 Diary (1829, Dec.).
2 v. 5 Diary (1832, June-Aug.).
3 v. 6 Diary (1833, Feb.-March).
4 v. 7 Diary (1833, July, Oct.).
5 v. 9 Index book (no date).
6 v. 10 Journal (1854-1856).
7 v. 17 Letter register (1832-1836).
W:115 17 1 v. 18 Memorandum book (1833).
2 v. 22 Memorandum book (1850).
3 v. 25 Memorandum book (no date).
4 v. 26 Memorandum book (no date).
5 v. 30 Notebook (1853).
6 v. 31 Notebook (no date), cotton.
7 v. 33 Notebook (no date), extracts.
8 v. 34 Notebook (no date), fruits.
9 v. 38 Recipe book (1829).
10 v. 39 Recipe book (1831).
11 v. 40 Recipe book and notebook (ca. 1831).
12 v. 42 Recipe book (no date).
W:116 18 v. 11 Letter book #1 (1850-1854).
19 v. 12 Letter book #2 (1854-1856).
20 v. 13 Letter book #3 (1856-1865) [see appendix C for a
chronological list].
21 v. 14 Letter book #4 (1865-1868). [see appendix C for a
chronological list].
W:117 22 v. 16 Letter file book (1851-1857).
* Additional manuscript volumes are located at stack location J:25, see below.
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Container List (cont.)
Stack Box Folder Contents
location
Printed pamphlets
W:117 23 1 Western Farmer and Gardener (1843).
2 Norton’s Southern Agricultural Almanac for 1847 (1846).
3 Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Plants, Cultivated at
the Southern Nurseries (1851).
4 The Oakland College Magazine (April 1858).
5 Affleck’s Southern Rural Almanac and Plantation and Garden
Calendar, for 1860 ... (1859).
6 Regulations of Bastrop Military Institute situated at Bastrop, Texas
(1860).
7 Notes on the Establish Churches of Dumfries ... (1865).
8 Cresylic Soaps and Saponaceus Compounds, ... (1867).
9 Texas Almanac (1869).
10 Texas and Her Resources (no date).
11 Material Wanted for an Economic History of the Negro (n.d.)
12 The American Agriculturist’s Almanac for 1844.
Newspapers
W:117 24 The Presbyterian of the South Combining Jan.–Sept. 1909.
W:118 25 The Presbyterian of the South Combining October 1909 – May 1910.
26 The Presbyterian of the South Combining
June-Nov. 1910; Aug.-Nov. 1911; Oct-Dec 1912.
27 The Presbyterian of the South Combining
Feb.-Dec. 1913; April-Oct. 1914.
W:119 28 The Presbyterian of the South Combining
Nov. 1914; Jan. 1915; Sept. 1916; May-Dec. 1917;
Jan.-Nov. 1918; Jan.-May 1919.
W:119 28 The Presbyterian of the South
May-Dec. 1920; March-Dec. 1921;
Aug.-Dec. 1922; Feb.-July 1924.
W:119 29 The Southwestern Presbyterian
Vol. XXVIII-XXX IV (1896-1903).
W:119 30 The Southwestern Presbyterian
Vol. XXX VI-XXX VII (1904-1904).
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Container List (cont.)
Stack Box Folder Contents
location
Typescripts
W:121 32 1-4 v. 1-7 Diaries (1929-1864).
5 v. 10 Journal (1954-1956.
6-24 v. 11-14 Letter books (1850-1868).
W:120 31 1-6 v. 5-16 Letter books (1857-1857).
7 v. 19 Memorandum book (1841-1843).
8-9 v. 31, 33 Note books (n.d.).
10 v. 36 Order book (1853-1856).
11-14 v. 38-40, 42 Recipe books (1929-1931, n.d.).
15-18 v. 43 Record book (1859-1876).
19-51 Printed pamphlets [see appendix A for complete list of items] and
writings (1841-1869, 1941).
52-64 Scrapbook (1855-1868, n.d.) [see appendix B for complete list of
items].
Manuscript volumes
J:25 v. 2 Diary (1831).
v. 3 Diary (1832, Jan.-June).
v. 4 Diary (1832, March-May).
v. 8 Diary (1863-1864) with autographs, notes (1855-1857).
v. 15 Letter book #5 (1867) [see appendix C for a chronological
list]. .
v. 19 Memorandum book (1841-1843).
v. 20 Memorandum book (1846-1847).
v. 21 Memorandum book (1848-1848).
v. 23 Memorandum book (ca. 1855-1856).
v. 24 Memorandum book (1859).
v. 27 Notebook (ca. 1831).
v. 28 Notebook (ca. 1832-1839).
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Container List (cont.)
Stack Box Folder Contents
location
Manuscript volumes
J:25 v. 29 Notebook (1844).
v. 32 Notebook (no date).
v. 35 Order book (1850-1852).
v. 36 Order book (ca. 1853-1856).
v. 37 Order book (1859).
v. 41 Recipe book (1866, no date).
v. 43 Record book (1859-1876).
Printed volumes
J:25 v. 44 Bee-breeding in the West (1841).
v. 45 Affleck’s Southern Rural Almanac (1851, 1852).
v. 46 Gardener’s Farmer’s Dictionary (1846).
v. 47 North America. Its Agriculture and Climate (1857).
v. 48 Hedging and Hedging Plants, in the Southern States,
(1869).
v. 49 Report on the Agriculture and Geooplogy of
Mississippi (1854).
Oversize material
OS:A 1 1 Correspondence (1827-1833), Supplement to Dumfries
Times (March 3, 1833).
2 Colonization Society certificate (1854), legal agreements (1866),
letter to editor (April 7, 1866).
3 Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph (May 25, 1868), Washington County
land documents (July 15, 1870, March 6, 1871).
4 Manuscript writings pertaining to Texas pine forests, hogs, poultry,
southern cow-peas (no date), map of Talbot County, Maryland (n.d.).
5 Home and Farm (1897), Southern Farmer (1901-1902),
Southwestern Presbyterian (1884, 1984), Farm and Ranch
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Contents of Microfilm
Reel Box Series
1 1-3 I. Papers
2 4-6 I. Papers
3 7-8 I. Papers
4 9-10 I. Papers
5 11-12 I. Papers
6 13-15 I. Papers
7 16-17 II. Manuscript Volumes
8 18 II. Manuscript Volumes
9 19 II. Manuscript Volumes
10 20 II. Manuscript Volumes
11 21 II. Manuscript Volumes
12 22-23 II. Manuscript Volumes & III. Printed Pamphlets
13 24 IV. Newspapers
14 25 IV. Newspapers
15 26 IV. Newspapers
16 27 IV. Newspapers
17 28 IV. Newspapers
18 29 IV. Newspapers
19 30 IV. Newspapers
20 31 V. Typescripts
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Contents of Microfilm (cont.)
Reel Box Series
21 31 cont., 32 V. Typescripts
22 32 cont. V. Typescripts
23 32 cont. V. Typescripts
24 VI. Manuscript Volumes (Vols. 2, 3, 4, 8, 15, 19)
25 VI. Manuscript Volumes (Vols. 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32)
26 VI. Manuscript Volumes (Vols. 35, 36, 37, 41, 43).
VII. Oversize Material (Box 1)
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Appendix A: Typescripts of writings and printed pamphlets
Folder 19 - Affleck’s Southern Rural Almanac (1860).
Folder 20 – Bee Breeding I the West (1841).
Folder 21 – Bermuda Grass (n.d.).
Folder 22- The British and Southern Finance Co. Limited (1862).
Folder 23 – Circular (n.d.).
Folder 24 – A Confederate Trade Center Under Federal Occupation (1941).
Folder 25 - The Constitution of the State of Texas, As Amended By the Delegates in Convention
Assembled. Austin, 1866.
Folder 26 – Direction for making sweetmeats (n.d).
Folder 27 – Dredging Machinery for Houston Ship Channel (n.d.).
Folder 28 - A Few Words on the Extract of Meat and the Countries from Which It May Be Obtained
(1866).
Folder 29 – Fred Cole Dissertation, citations (n.d.).
Folder 30 – Fred Cole Dissertation, draft (n.d.).
Folder 31 – Fred Cole Dissertation, draft (n.d.).
Folder 32 – Fred Cole Dissertation, draft (n.d.).
Folder 33 – Hedging and Hedging Plants (1869).
Folder 34 - Liebig’s Extract of Meat Company Limited (1862).
Folder 35 - List of Prices of Articles Supplied for Invalids and Infants (n.d.).
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Folder 36 - Louisiana Her Great Attractions and Advantages for Emigrants; Her Climate, Soil, Products,
Minerals, Fruits, and Great Capabilities for Every Kind of Industry and Enterprise (n.d.).
Folder 37 - Memorandum on Tobacco Culture (n.d.).
Folder 38 - Message of Gov. J. W. Throckmorton, To The Legislature of Texas. 186(6)?
Folder 39 – Notes for reconstruction Texas (n.d.).
Folder 40 – Observations of Henry Barnard on the West and the South of the 1840s (n.d.).
Folder 41 - Oysters and Their Cultivation. 1865.
Folder 42 - Patent Stone Bricks (n.d.).
Folder 43 - Prof. B. M. Nyce’s Patent Fruit Preserving House (n.d.).
Folder 44 – Proposition (n.d.).
Folder 45 - Queensland. (1865).
Folder 46 – Southern Biography … (n.d.).
Folder 47 – Sheep Farming (n.d.).
Folder 48 – Thomas Scattergood Teas’ Journal (n.d.).
Folder 49 – Underdraining (n.d.).
Folder 50 - United Steam Towing and Navigation Company Limited (1862).
Folder 51 – Incomplete writings (n.d.).
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Appendix B: Typescript of scrapbook
Folder 52
Eulogy Written By James H. Lane Upon The Death Of David Dickey
Cultivation of Celery
Wine Making
Garden Seeds
The English and American Cattle Traffic and Steam Conveyance Company, (Limited)
Letter from R. O. Heberly (?) asking for assistance
How To Tan Leather
The Imperial Company of Marseilles, Limited: Report of Prof. Donaldson as to “Juliette Lands”
Paper on brining in white labor
Irrigation of the Guadalupe Valley—Negro Labor
Letter pretaining to Texas Immigration and Land Agency and Thomas Affleck’s trip to Scotland to
bring back workers
Folder 53
John McCall and Company’s Preserved Provisions
Letter from Henry Greenwood with Universal Advertising Office
Letter from J. Van Abbott
Report from M. B. Borde, Engineer, Member of the Conseil General des Bouches du Rhone. As to
“Catalan Lands”
Letter concerning depletion of Beeves [cattle]
Letter asking for information for the Texas Almanac of 1867
America
Folder 54
Texas Land, Labor, and Immigration Company: Contract for Farm Laborers under Section A
Labor Co-Partnership—Schedule A
The County, the Crops, Labor, Immigration &c.
Labor Immigration
Subscription List to the Capital Stock of the Texas Land, Labor, and Immigration Company
Prospectus
Texas: Land, Labor, and Immigration Company: Official Proceedings
Terms for Procuring Immigration
Circular: Immigration and Labor
Folder 55
Circular
Letters from Thomas Affleck
Immigration of White Labor—The Public Meeting at the Court House
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Folder 56
Series of letters from Thomas Affleck documenting his trip to Europe for labor
Series of letters from Thomas Affleck from New York
Slaves, Freedmen, and Texas
Minister of _________ from Thomas Affleck
Folder 57
Labor and Immigration
Labor in Texas—Foreign Immigration
Letters from Thomas Affleck
Letters from the People: Grimes County
Editor of the Telegraph
Imm(igra)tion of White Labor—The meeting at Galveston
Letter from Galveston—Special dispatch to the daily telegraph
Labor Question in Texas
Folder 58
Texas the Only State Adapted to Cultivation of Cotton by White Labor
Immigration
The Immigration Movement
Wool: Washed and Unwashed
Mr. Makeig on Emigration
The Immigration Company
Letter from Thomas Affleck
Folder 59
Letter on meat shipment
Letter concerning freed slaves’ impact on the economy
Supply of Beef and Mutton
Cheap Meat—to the Editor of The City Press
Letters to support “Fresh Meat Preserver” Company
The Fresh Meat Preserver Reports
Trade Circular of the British Fresh Meat Preserver Company for the Sale of the Fresh Meat
Folder 60
Letter expounding on benefits of white labor
Letter relating actions of blacks during Cincinnati Riot
Over-refinement in Breeding Cattle, &c
Folder 61
Wine Making
Jottings on the Farm—No. 14
Jottings on the Farm—No. 15
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Folder 61 (cont.)
The Small Fruits—No. 1
Jottings on the Farm—No. 16
Immigration
Jottings on the Farm—No. 17
Jottings on the Farm—No. 18
Folder 62
Jottings on the Farm—No. 19
Jottings on the Farm—No. 20
Jottings on the Farm—No. 22
Jottings on the Farm—No. 23
Jottings on the Farm—No. 25
Notes on the Telegraph—No. 2
Orphan’s Home at Bayland Ruralisms—No. 1
Folder 63
Letter from Convention Board in Austin, Texas in conjunction with an act
More Railroads
Immigration
Method of Preserving Beef
A Picture of Two American Cities
Rail Road Mass Meeting: An Address by the People of Cherokee County, Texas, inviting Capital
and Labor
The Cotton Tax
Emigration to Texas—the true idea hit upon at last
Letter concerning: The Beef and Mutton Question
Cattle Plague and High Farming
Farms in Illinois
Eleventh Legislature—An Act
The Late Confederate States, as a field for Emigration
Prospectus of the Southern Land and Immigrant Agency
Changes in Value of Wools
The Arcadia of America—Texas Immigrant and Land Agency
Prospectus
Switzerland and the Italian Lakes
La Louisiane
Diatribe on immigration labor
Diatribe on immigration agencies
Wool: Washed and Unwashed
To Planters
Folder 64
Texas and Her Resources
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Guide to Collection Microfilm
Reel 1 Box 1-3
Reel 2 Box 4-6
Reel 3 Box 7, 8
Reel 4 Box 9, 10
Reel 5 Box 11, 12
Reel 6 Box 13-15
Reel 7 Box 16, 17
Reel 8 Box 18
Reel 9 Box 19
Reel 10 Box 20
Reel 11 Box 21
Reel 12 Box 22, 23
Reel 13 Box 24
Reel 14 Box 25
Reel 15 Box 26
Reel 16 Box 27
Reel 17 Box 28
Reel 18 Box 29 (Southern Presbyterian 1846-1903 vol. XXVIII–XXXIV)
Reel 19 Box 30
Reel 20 Box 31 (Folders 1-37)
Reel 21 Box 31 (Folders 38-42) Box 32 (Folders 1-11)
Reel 22 Box 32 (Folders 12-23)
Reel 23 Box 32 (Folders 24-29)
Reel 24 Vol. 2 (Diary, 1831) Vol. 3 (Diary, 1832, Jan.-June) Vol. 4 (Diary, 1832, March-May)
Vol. 8 (Diary, 1863-64 w/ autographs & notes, 1855-57) Vol. 15 (Letterbook # 5)
Vol. 19 (Memorandum Book, 1841-43)
Reel 25 Vol. 21, 23, 24 (Memorandum Books), 27, 28, 29, 32 (Notebook)
Reel 26 Vol. 35, 36, 37 (Order Book), 41 (Recipe Book), 43 (Record Book), Box Folders 1-5
THOMAS AFFLECK PAPERS Mss. 3, 4, 1263, 1264
1807-1935
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Omissions
W: 120 Box 31 (Folders 1-7) Printed Pamphlets
(Folders 8-11) Fred Cole’s Dissertation
(Folders 12-24) Writings
(Folders 25-42 ) Manuscript volumes 1-8, 11-14
(Folders 43-55) Scrapbook (n.d.)
W: 121 Box 32 (Folders 1-6) Papers (1824-1872, 1932-1932)
(Folders 7-29) Manuscript volumes 15, 16, 19, 31, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43
J: 25 v. 44 Bee-breeding in the West (1841)
v. 45 Affleck’s Southern Rural Almanac (1851, 1852)
v. 46 Gardener’s Farmer Dictionary (1846)
v. 47 North America. Its Agriculture and Climate (1857)
v. 48 Hedging and Hedging Plants in the Southern States (1869)
v. 49 Report on the Agriculture and Geology of Mississippi (1854)