New from Old Natchez
Baptism at Natchez Under the Hill, 1913

A Sampling of Manuscript Materials Relating
to Natchez, Mississippi and the Surrounding Area
An Online Exhibition by LSU Libraries Special Collections

Introduction | Collections | Bibliography
"We that think the South behind the times—certainly so far I have seen nothing to prove it..."
Maryland native Alie Austen McMurran, upon her arrival at Natchez, 1857