Ala. Chiefly correspondence among members of the Lipscomb, Draper, and related Littlejohn families of South Carolina, Alabama, and Lamar County, Tex.
Most antebellum letters relate to agricultural activities and family matters.
Letters from the Reconstruction period mention economic and social conditions and family matters. Scattered papers, 1909-1926, relate to Edward S. Lipscomb of Jacksonville, Ala. There are account and daybooks, 1843-1867 and 1874, concerning various agricultural matters, cotton planting, and supplies and labor bought and sold, and a notebook listing birthdates of members of the Lipscomb family and one of six slaves owned by Smith Lipscomb, Jr. Confederate States of America. Confederate States of America.