Letter from P. E. Jones in Natchez to Wm. G. Robinson concerning poor crop, yellow fever, buying a stable, and Fair Authority Jockey Club, September 20, 1873

Item — Folder: 391

Identifier: 4026.1957

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Description

The crop was said to product less than half of what it did the year before because worms had swept the country, swamp and highlands. He stated that yellow fever was above them in Vicksburg and the city authorities had established a quarantine that put a stop to business. Folder 391

Dates

September 20, 1873

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