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Top: "Above: Sea Glen, Hancock County Old Claiborne Plantation. It was here that J. F. H. Claiborne lived during the early 1800's and where he attempted the commercial production of sea island cotton. The old slave dungeon and the cotton press remain." Center: "Left: Aaron Burr Oaks, Washington, Adams, Co., scene of famous Burr trial." Bottom: "Right: The Mound, Cannonsburg; the Original Ferguson Tavern, on the Natchez Trace. Built in 1776, the plantation has never passed from the hands of the lineal descendants."
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Top: "Above: Sea Glen, Hancock County Old Claiborne Plantation. It was here that J. F. H. Claiborne lived during the early 1800's and where he attempted the commercial production of sea island cotton. The old slave dungeon and the cotton press remain." Center: "Left: Aaron Burr Oaks, Washington, Adams, Co., scene of famous Burr trial." Bottom: "Right: The Mound, Cannonsburg; the Original Ferguson Tavern, on the Natchez Trace. Built in 1776, the plantation has never passed from the hands of the lineal descendants."
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- Title: Pictorial History, South Mississippi … WPA Mississippi Historical Research Project, 1936-1937
- Description: Top: "Above: Sea Glen, Hancock County Old Claiborne Plantation. It was here that J. F. H. Claiborne lived during the early 1800's and where he attempted the commercial production of sea island cotton. The old slave dungeon and the cotton press remain." Center: "Left: Aaron Burr Oaks, Washington, Adams, Co., scene of famous Burr trial." Bottom: "Right: The Mound, Cannonsburg; the Original Ferguson Tavern, on the Natchez Trace. Built in 1776, the plantation has never passed from the hands of the lineal descendants."
- Call Number: Series 0443
- Filename: 73473-sb1-27.tif