urn:taro:utexas.cah.00470 A Guide to the W. Swarthout Letter, 1839 February 16, 2006Encoded in XMetal 2 by Courtney Chartier according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Descriptive Summary Swarthout, W. W. Swarthout Letter, 1839Materials are written in English. 1 item Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Letter from W. Swarthout to George L. Turberville, discussing yellow fever, cotton and slaves. Scope and Contents

Letter from W. Swarthout, written from Vicksburg, Mississippi, to George L. Turberville, Chantilly, Virginia, September 28, 1839.

Swarthout addresses the yellow fever in Natchez, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana; the cotton crop in Mississippi; and Turberville's slaves.

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W. Swarthout Letter, 1839, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Cotton--Mississippi--Archival sources. Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century. Yellow fever--Mississippi--Natchez. Yellow fever--New Orleans. Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory: 2J24 Letter from W. Swarthout to George L. Turberville, 1857