Collection Title: Walter Sillers, Sr.
Collection Number: M001
Dates: Inclusive
Bulk
Volume:
Processor: Nicole Jones
Biographical/Historical Sketch:
Scope and Content:
Walter Sillers, Sr. Collection M001 /
Box 1 of
Box # / Folder #
1/1 March 12, 1886 Sykes, Corinne of Aberdeen, Miss. To Sillers, Sr., Walter
January 6, 1886 Scott, Charles of Rosedale, Miss. To Sillers, Sr., Walter*
1/2 October 21, 1887 Johnston, J. C. of Louisville, Kentucky
1/3 November 14, 1888 Sillers, Florence Warfield
February 22, 1888 Nugent, R. J.
September 20, 1888 Thayer, Barry (cotton broker) of Boston, Mass., To (Dear Sirs) relative to the cotton market. Letter sent to Sillers family soliciting their cotton
November 14, 1888 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
November 23, 1888 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
November 27, 1888 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
December 5, 1888 Gayden, George L. of Gayden Station, La.
1/4 March 15, 1889 Fox, A. F. of West Point, Miss.
1/5 January 29 1890 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
May 16, 1890 Burkitt, Frank of Okolona, Miss.
July 4, 1890 McNeilly, J. S. of Waterfall, Virginia
August 7, 1890 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 10, 1890 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 13, 1890 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 26, 1890 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
September 1, 1890 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
(No Month) 22, 1890 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield (Document also contained no month but the day 22 and the year 1890 was specified)
1/6 July 20, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 22, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 26, 1892 Sillers, Walter, Sr. To _____, Tom relative to Sillers’ visit in Memphis and politics
July 26, 1892 Roberts, W. B. of Rosedale, Miss.
July 27, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 28, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 29, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 1, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 4, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
1/6 August 6, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 12, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 12, 1892 Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 16, 1892 Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 20, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 20, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 26, 1892 Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 27, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 28, 1892 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
(No Month/Day) 1892 Clark, Fred (Chairman of Democratic Executive Committee of Boliver County) (Document also contained no month or day, but the year 1892 was specified)
1/7 June 3, 1893 Lane, Grace, of Russellville, Tenn.
June 22, 1893 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 4, 1893 Cutrer, William D., of Clarksdale, Miss.
November 21, 1893 Niles, Margaret W. of McGhee, Monroe County, Tenn.
1/8 July 22, 1897 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 23, 1897 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 26, 1897 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Jr., Walter
July 27, 1897 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 7, 1897 _____, Tom, of _______, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 13, 1897 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
1/9 There was no Folder 9. There was a card located in the file box, but no corresponding documents.
1/10 February 14, 1900 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
December 10, 1900 Sillers, Sr., Walter, to Sullivan, W. V. of ______
(Document has been removed.)
1/11 April 15, 1901 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
June 26, 1901 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
June 27, 1901 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
June 29, 1901 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 19, 1901 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
1/12 July 4, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 5, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 10, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 13, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 15, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 17, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter,
July 17, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 20, 1902 Walter Sillers, Jr. (Written while he was at Sewanee.)
1/12 July 21, 1902 Sillers, Florence Warfield, To Sillers, Jr., Walter;
Sillers, Walter, Sr., To Sillers, Jr., Walter
(These two letters were attached and sent in the same letter.)
July 22, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter
July 25, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter
July 28, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter
August 2, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter
August 13, 1902 Sillers, Florence Warfield, To Sillers, Jr., Walter
August 29, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Jr., Walter
August 31, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter
September 1, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
September 5, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
September 7, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Matilda Clark
(Second page of this letter is missing.)
September 7, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
September 7, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Jr., Walter
September 8, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Jr., Walter
September 11, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
September 14, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Jr., Walter
September 15, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Jr., Walter
September 17, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Jr., Walter
September 25, 1902 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Jr., Walter
September 28, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter
October 18, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter
October 29, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter
December 4, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter
December 8, 1902 Sillers, Jr., Walter
1/13 April 1, 1903 Sillers, Jr., Walter
July 10, 1903 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
May 20, 1903 Sillers, Jr., Walter
May 22, 1903 Sillers, Jr., Walter
May 31, 1903 Sillers, Jr., Walter, To Sillers, Sr., Walter, and Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 6, 1903 Sillers, Jr., Walter
August 10, 1903 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 22, 1903 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 23, 1903 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
November 30, 1903 Sillers, Jr., Walter
December 2, 1903 Sillers, Jr., Walter
1/14 June 27, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
June 30, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield (Enclosed and attached is a letter from Walter Sillers, Jr., Walter Sillers, Sr. June 26, 1904. Attached to the letters is an explanatory note by Evelyn Sillers Pearson.)
1/14 July 4, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
(Enclosed letter referred to in this letter is missing.)
July 6, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 8, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 10, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 14, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 14, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
(This is a second letter to Florence Sillers written on the same day.)
July 17, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 18, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 19, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 25, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
July 29, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 7, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
August 8, 1904 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
September 26, 1904 Sillers, Jr., Walter
September 30, 1904 Sillers, Jr., Walter
1/15 January 28, 1905 Sillers, Jr., Walter
February 6, 1905 Sillers, Jr., Walter
1/16 September 1, 1906 Silverstein Brokerage Co. – Relative to cotton markets
September 3, 1906 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Nugent, Lily Warfield of Rosedale
May 9, 1906 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Nugent, Lily Warfield of Rosedale
1/17 January 28, 1907 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Reinach D., of Rosedale
April 20, 1907 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
April 23, 1907 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
September 24, 1907 Boyd, W. C.
September 29, 1907 Sillers, Jr., Walter
October 14, 1907 Moore, Sillers, and Owen, To Young, J. M. of Rosedale
November 9, 1907 McLaurin, A. J., of Brandon, Miss.
December 16, 1907 Sillers, Jr., Walter
1/18 January 11, 1908 Sillers, Jr., Walter
January 25, 1908 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
(In same letter is note from Lillian Sillers)
January 31, 1908 Sillers, Jr., Walter
February 20, 1908 Sillers, Jr., Walter
March 11, 1908 Sillers, Jr., Walter
April 16, 1908 Holmes, J. E., of Oxford Mississippi
1/18 September 6, 1908 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Warfield, Mary Carson, of Lexington, Kentucky
October 1-14, 1908 Correspondence between Shackelford, W. J. of Winterville, Miss., Smylie, John W. of Jackson, Miss. And Sillers, Walter – Relative to purchase of property
November 3, 1908 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Dossett, W. L. of Rosedale,
Mississippi
November 7, 1908 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Mitchell, Henry of Rosedale
Decemver 7, 1908 Gill, J. L., To Sillers and Owen, Wayside Miss. With attachments
1/19 May 11, 1910 Clark, Charles of Cleveland, Miss., To Sillers, Jr., Walter
October 25, 1910 Owens, Thomas S. of Rosedale, Miss
December 6, 1910 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Alexander Lumber Co., Rosedale
2/20 Febuary 17, 1911 – December 5, 1912
Correspondence between Hardee, W. G. of Cleveland, Miss. And Sillers, Sr. Walter – Relative to sale of Gayden property, Cameron estate and loan of Atkins, Adolphus. (22 letters)
March 16, 1911 – May 5, 1911
Correspondence between Nitrate Agencies Co. and Sillers, Sr. Walter – Relative to purchase of Nitrate of Soda. (4 letters)
March 23, 1911 Hayden, Frank of Southern Abstract and Loan Company in Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to loans on Sillers’ lands
March 29, 1911 – February 24, 1912
Correspondence between Calhoun, C. C. of Washington, D. C. and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to damage of Mississippi lands by dredging in Mississippi River. (41 letters are attached.)
April 3, 1911 Sillers, Owen, and Sillers, of Rosedale, Miss., To The Cleveland Progress, Cleveland Miss.
April 4, 1911 – December 10, 1912
Correspondence between Sillers, Owen, & Sillers and Speakes, W. A. of Benoit, Miss. – Relative to the State of Mississippi Vs. Dock Bethel. (7 letters)
April 4, 1911 Sillers, Owen and Sillers, To Taylor Office Supply Co. of Rosedale, Miss.
April 4, 1911 – March 8, 1913
Correspondence between Holmes of Miss. Manufactured Stationary, Greenville Miss. And Sillers, Owen and Sillers, Rosedale, Miss. (21 letters)
April 7, 1911 – February 13, 1913
Miscellaneous correspondence concerning parties whose names begin with “W”. (44 letters)
2/20 April 14, 1911 Sillers, Owen and Sillers (Rosedale Office), To Sillers, Owen and Sillers (Cleveland Office)
April 15, 1911 – November 28, 1912
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Shields, Walter of Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to levee board cases. (8 letters)
April 15, 1911 – October 6, 1911
Correspondence between McDonald – LaCroix Coal Co. of Memphis, Tenn. And Sillers, Sr., Walter – In reference to sale of coal; with an attached bill. (2 letters)
April 17, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McGehee, Jim. Rosedale Miss. – In reference to appointment of Owen, Tom to Dem. Executive Committee of Bolivar County
April 21, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, Rosedale, Miss., To J. H. Deaderick & Co., Memphis
April 24, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Owen, Thomas of Cleveland, Miss. – Relative to purchase of Christmas place near Rosedale, Miss.
April 24, 1911 – July 3, 1911
Sillers, Owen and Sillers to Remington, Typewriter Co, Rosedale, Mississippi (3 letters)
2/21 May 6, 1911 – June 17, 1911
Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Priestly, W. M. of Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to rents due for the Lyric (2 letters)
May 9, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Fitzgerald, W. H. of Rosedale, MS
May 10, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Fox, Professor J. W. of Agricultural College, Mississippi relative to fertilizing land with nitrate of soda
May 10, 1911 – July 16, 1912
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr. Walter and Courson, Dr. W. E. of Beulah, Mississippi relative to case against F. C. Jones and Co.
May 12, 1911 Owen, Tom – Relative to passing of bill to create new Federal District.
May 16, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Indiana Match Co. of Crawfordsville, Ind. – In reference to sale of cottonwood timber.
May 16, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To McDowell, Jim of Rosedale, Miss. – In reference to Contingent Fund Report by Legislative Committee
May 17, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Roberts, W. B. of Rosedale, MS.
May 22, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Tire, L. E. of Rosedale, MS
May 24, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Edwards, R. M. of Rosedale, MS
June 1, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Edwards, R. M. of Rosedale, MS
2/21 June 1, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Owen, Thomas S. of Cleveland, MS (3 letters)
June 8, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, Rosedale, MS, To Peacock, C. D., Chicago, Ill.
June 9, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To William McKay of Rosedale, MS (In reference to candidacy of Hudson, S. S.)
June 12, 1911 – June 14, 1911
Correspondence to the United Motor St. Louis Co. – Relative to rod (mechanical part of car) (2 letters)
June 20, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, of Rosedale, Miss, To Edwards, Leake, of Cleveland, Miss
June 20, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Owen, Thomas S. of Cleveland, MS
June 20, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Delta Experiment Station, Stoneville, Mississippi relative to payment of cotton seed
June 23, 1911 Sillers, Owen & Sillers to Woods, E. H. of Rosedale, Miss.
June 24, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Rainer-Connell Co. of Rosedale, Miss. Relative to shipment of Mexican June Corn
June 27, 1911 Sillers, Owen & Sillers, To Taylor Office Supply Co. of Rosedale, Mississippi
June 28, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Echols, ______ principal of Cleveland High School – Cleveland Miss. – Relative to hiring Clark, Edward as teacher
July 4, 1911 Charles Scott, Woods & Sommerville – In reference to meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee
July 5, 1911 – July 8, 1911
Correspondence between Owen, Tom and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to voters and their choice of Senate (2 letters)
July 11, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Miers, Mrs. Birdie of Rosedale, Miss. – In reference to feeding of mules. (2 letters)
July 14, 1911 – October 7, 1911
Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Otto Schwill & Co. of Memphis, Tenn. – Relative to planting of garden and purchase of oats. (2 letters)
July 14, 1911 – July 15, 1911
Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Woods, E. H., Chairman of Bolivar Co. Democratic Executive Committee of Rosedale Mss. – In reference to Clark, Fred, West, J. C., Hilliard, J. I. – candidates for office in Bolivar Co. (2 letters)
July 14, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Owen, Tom of Cleveland Miss. – Relative to garden
July 15, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Lenoir, H. C. of Beulah, Mississippi – Relative to crop of Kennedy, Austin
August 30, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Owen, Thomas S. of Cleveland Miss. – Relative to subscription t Martindale Directory
2/21 September 14, 1911 Sillers, Owen & Sillers, To Koons, F. E. of Wesson, Miss. – In reference to vacant store in Rosedale, Miss. – for rent September 27, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Owen, Tom of Cleveland, Miss.- Relative to Collection of claims
September 27, 1911 Sillers, Owen, & Sillers to Bank of Rosedale, Rosedale Miss.
October 2, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, Rosedale Miss., To Darnell and Love, Leland, Miss.
October 2, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter to the Pioneer Poll and Shaft Co. Rosedale, Miss.
October 2, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To E. R. Ballard & Co. of Winona, Mississippi – Relative to sale of logs.
October 2, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To May Brothers of Memphis, Tenn. – In reference to sale of oak log.
October 7, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Burrill, P. M. of New York City, N. Y. – relative to purchase of land.
October 7, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter to R. Kupferschmidt Co. of Memphis, Tenn. – In reference to repairing of guns.
October 9, 1911 Sillers, Owen & Sillers to Terrell, W. J. of Rosedale Miss.
October 9, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Watkins, W. W. of Aberdeen, Miss. – Relative to the sale of land.
October 18, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Griffin, Calvin of Malvina, Mississippi relative to cotton seed
October 18, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Walton J. B
October 19, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Edwards, R. M. of Rosedale, Miss.
October 24, 1911 Correspondence to Dake, Charles of Rosedale, Miss.
October 24, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sealbinder, E. of Cleveland Ms, – Relative to raising and threshing of oats.
November 4, 1911 Correspondence to Percy, LeRoy of Rosedale, Miss.
November 6, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Dossett, W. L. – Relative to accounts.
November 8, 1911 – March 14, 1912
Correspondence between Sillers, Walter and Moore, Cousin Mattie of Greenville, Miss. – In reference to land and cotton owned by Mrs. Moore. (9 letters)
November 18, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Walton, J. B. – In reference to sale of land
November 23, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Morton, B. F. of Rosedale, Miss. – In reference to appointment of Dr. Brooks as Levee Commissioner
November 27, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Owen, Thomas S. of Cleveland, Miss.
November 30, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Shelby, Mrs. Rosa Belle of Rosedale, Miss. – Relative to opening of hotel in Rosedale, Miss.
2/21 December 8, 1911 – December 11, 1911
Correspondence between Security Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Jackson, Miss. And Sillers, Sr., Walter of Rosedale, Miss. – Relative to payment of premium on policy ( 2 letters)
December 12, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Dossett, W. L. – Relative to rent of lands
December 12, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Parker, John M. of New Orleans, Louisiana – In reference to sale of cotton
December 12, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Dossett, W. L. – Relative to sale of cotton
December 22, 1911 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Bellamy, Edward O. of Mammoth Springs, Ark. – Relative to Christmas gift.
2/22 January 2, 1912 Sillers, Owen & Sillers To Underwood Typewriter Co. Rosedale, Miss.
January 4, 1912 Denton, M. E. from ______ of Rosedale, Miss.
January 11, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Owen, Thomas S. of Cleveland, Miss.
January 23, 1912 Watson, Hugh C. To Sillers, Sr., Walter, Greenville, Miss.,
(with attachment) In reference to West, Captain C. H. (2 letters)
February 2, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Griffin, Calvin of Malvina, Miss. – Relative to cotton, Dr. Jenkins, and Williams, Harry
February 3, 1912 Carson, James to Sillers, Sr., Walter, Seattle, Washington
February 10, 1912 West, Charles H. To Sillers, Sr., Walter of Greenville, Miss.
February 19, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter of Rosedale, Miss. To Idlewild Floral Company, Memphis, Tennessee.
February 28, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
March 1, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Stokes, M. McHehee of Gunnison, Miss. – Relative to the sale of a safe belonging to Clark, Charles
March 1, 1912 Montgomery, W. A., To Sillers, Sr., Walter, Edwards, Miss. – In reference to shipment of cotton seed
March 8, 1912 Sillers, Owen and Sillers to Nugent, Mrs. L. W. of Rosedale, Miss.
March 12, 1912 Correspondence relative to the purchase of office supplies from Underwood Typewriter Co. (5 letters)
March 20, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Banks, Charles of Mound Bayou, Miss. – Relative to the Negro race
May 20, 1912 Sharp, E. C. of Booneville, Miss. – Relative to election of representative to Washington
June 4, 1912 Weille, Albert – In reference to candidacy of McBeath, J. M. of Meridian, Miss.
June 26, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield
2/22 July 13, 1912 Feld Brothers of Vicksburg, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to shipment of peas
July 15, 1912 Letters from Sillers, Owen and Sillers to Dalton, Edward A.
July 25, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Brooks, Dr. J. C. of Denson, Miss.
July 29, 1912 Washington, R. H. To Sillers, Sr., Walter of Handsboro, Mississippi
August 5, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Planters Cotton Co. of Rosedale Miss.
August 7, 1912 Sillers, Owen, and Sillers to T. H. Flood and Co. Rosedale, Miss.
August 18, 1912 Washington, R. H. To Sillers, Sr., Walter, Handsboro, Miss.
September 11, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Bechtel, Theo, Rosedale Miss.
September 11, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Lewis, Frank H. of Rosedale, Miss. (2 letters)
September 11, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Root, Clara of Rosedale, Miss. (2 letters)
September 11, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Erskine, George, Rosedale, Miss.
October 21, 1912 – October 26, 1912
Correspondence between Sedberry, J. G. of Montgomery, Alabama and Sillers, Sr., Walter of Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to position as stenographer in law office. With attached letter to Owen, Thomas S. of Cleveland, Miss. (4 letters.)
November 23, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Jones, Fred C. Rosedale, Miss.
December 2, 1912 Odgen, H. C.– Relative to Jacobs gin
December 20, 1912 Sillers, Owen and Sillers to Peaslee-Gaulbert Co. Rosedale, Miss. (With Attachment)
December 26, 1912 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Gordon, Charles A. Rosedale, Miss.
December 28, 1912 Kaufman, Marcus to Sillers, Walter – In reference to cotton on the Green Place.
December 31, 1912 McGehee, John S. to Sillers, Sr., Walter. Deeson, Miss.
2/23 January 6, 1913 Manley, W. C., Memphis Tenn. To Sillers and Ogden, Rosedale, Miss.
January 14, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Montgomery, Ward & Co. Rosedale, Miss. – In reference to shipment of buggy.
January 27 – March 6 1913
Correspondence between McBeath, J. M. Meridian, Miss. and Sillers, Sr., Walter, Rosedale Miss. – In reference to politics. (2 letters)
January 30, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Murray, T. J. of Rosedale, Miss. – In reference to need of tents due to high water.
January 30, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Kerr, Charles of Jackson, Miss. – In reference to breaks in levee near Buelah, Miss.
2/23 February 12, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Otto Schwill & Co. of Memphis, Tenn. Relative to purchase of peach trees.
February 14, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Owen and Roby of Rosedale, Miss.
February 14, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Chas of Rosedale, Miss.
March 10, 1913 Wallace, Mrs. A. Roy of Buckner, Illinois To Sillers, Sr.,
Walter asking the price of land owned by Jennie Todd and heirs.
March 15, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Wallace, Mrs. A. Roy of Buckner, Illinois stating fee for making an estimate of the price of the land.
March 24, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Whitington, Mr. E. F. of Clarksdale, Mississippi concerning redeeming lots in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
March 25, 1913 Wilkinson & Roberts of Shelby, Mississippi To Sillers, Sr., Walter concerning the collection of proceeds from the insurance policy.
March 31, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Wilkinson & Roberts of Shelby, Mississippi concerning the representation of the widow of Charlie Rodgers in the collection of an insurance policy.
April 30, 1913 Ewing, F. H., To Valley Bank of Rosedale to Gentlemen of Memphis, Tennessee. (With attachments.)
May 16, 1913 Somerville, Robert of Greenville, Mississippi To Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to Mississippi Levee Board.
May 22, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Walten J. B. of Beulah, Mississippi concerning the possible purchase of a safe.
May 24, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Williams, Elvira of Clinton, Mississippi concerning money paid by the Valley Bank to her brother’s wife.
May 29, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Owen, Thomas S. of Cleveland, Mississippi.
May 29, 1913 Wilkins, Dr. E. L. of Batesville, Mississippi To Sillers, Sr., Walter asking for help in collecting a note.
May 30, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Wilkins, Dr. E. L. of Batesville, Mississippi –Relative to the collection of a note for him.
June 3, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Winter, W. M. of Memphis, Tennessee.
June 7, 1913 Beatty, Florence of Cama, Mississippi To Sillers, Sr., Walter concerning some money.
June 28, 1913 W. M. Ball & Co.– Relative to a case concerning dissolution of a partnership and settlement out of court.
July 10, 1913 – July 21, 1913
Communication between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Fargason-McGehee and Co. – Relative to the sale of cotton. (8 letters)
2/23 September 24, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Bridges, Alex of Rosedale, Mississippi concerning claims against Bridges.
September 30, 1913 – November 29, 1913
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Gordon, B. B. – Engineer for Drainage Commissioners of Washington Co., Mississippi. – Relative to survey of levee lands, including Parker Place. (6 letters).
October 4, 1913 Blake, Mrs. L. P. of Denver, Colorado to Sillers, Sr., Walter asking for legal advice on the signing of a deed.
October 13, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Blake, Mrs. L. P. of Denver, Colorado giving advice in regard to the final settlement of a deed.
October 15, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Bridges, Alex of Rosedale, Mississippi concerning a bill owed by him.
October 26, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Sillers, Florence Warfield.
October 27, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Bridges, Alex of Rosedale, Mississippi demanding payment of a claim or legal action would be brought against Bridges which would close his store.
November 6, 1913 Baker, Fannie A. of Beulah, Mississippi To Sillers, Sr., Walter asking him to give her an extension of 8-10 days for payment of a bill.
November 7, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Baker, Fannie A. of Beulah, Mississippi granting the extension.
November 22, 1913 Brenner, Charles of Beulah Mississippi – Paying legal fees.
November 22, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Brenner, Charles of Beulah, Mississippi acknowledging receipt of fee.
November 27, 1913 Biscoe, J. H. of Benoit, Mississippi concerning the date for payment of tenant taxes.
November 29, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Biscoe, J. H. of Benoit, Mississippi concerning tenant taxes and their due dates.
December 1, 1913 – December 8, 1913
Correspondence between United States Lumber & Cotton Co. of Clarksdale, Mississippi and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to qualification of Reams, E. V. as plantation manager. (2 letters)
December 6, 1913 – December 10, 1913
Correspondence between Burrill, Percy M. and Sillers, Sr., Walter. (2 letters)
December 9, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Boyd H. R. of Memphis, Tennessee sending information on land and statement of fee for legal work.
December 17, 1913 Cohoe, Johnny of Memphis, Tennessee – Sending payment for a charge against H. R. Boyd.
2/23 December 19, 1913 Wilson, Mrs. Cassie of Beulah, Mississippi To Sillers, Sr., Walter concerning a case between Mrs. Wilson and Mr. M. Bosenfield and possible discharge of the case until chancery court.
December 27, 1913 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Owen Thomas S. of Cleveland Mississippi – Relative to residency of levee board.
1913 (Month and day are unknown)
The Bobbs-Merrill Company of Indianapolis, Indiana – A statement of a bill.
2/24 January 10, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter to The Burkhardt Adjustment Co. of Memphis, Tennessee concerning C. W. Beazley and his petition for bankruptcy.
January 10, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Woods, General E. H. of Rosedale, Mississippi.
January 28, 1914 Sheperd, J. H. of Malvine, Mississippi – Relative to crops.
February 21, 1914 – February 25,1914
Correspondence between Thompson, W. L. of Greenville, Mississippi and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to levees in Bolivar Co. Mississippi. (2 letters)
February 24, 1914 – February 25, 1914
Correspondence between Noel, Charles P. of Covington, Tennessee and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to purchase of corn. (2 letters)
February 25 1914– February 27, 1914
Sillers, Sr., Walter To Payne, R. L. of Benoit, Mississippi – Relative to land in Bolivar Co., Mississippi. (2 letters)
March 5, 1914 Letters To Johnston, O. G. – Relative to bill Code of 1906.
(The card did not note who wrote the letters, only the receiver. Sillers, Sr., Walter may be the author.)
March 6, 1914 – April 5, 1914
Stacy, E. A. of Greenville, Mississippi, To Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to work on the levee. (2 letters)
March 6, 1914 Briggs, C. T. to McLeroy, Issac, of Jackson, Mississippi.
March 18, 1914 Wilson, J. L. of Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to overdrawn bank account.
April 15, 1914 Nickey & Sons of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to dumping of logs at Malvina, Mississippi.
April 21, 1914 Catchings, Madel J. of George Town, Mississippi – Relative to shipment of molasses.
April 29, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Todd, H. D. of Cleveland, Mississippi – Relative to policy in National Life Insurance Co.
May 8, 1914 Richardson, Bonner of New Orleans, Louisiana To Sillers, Jr., Walter – Relative to order of suits.
May 11, 1914 Elliott, G. W. of Malvina, Mississippi.
2/24 May 25, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Tanner, B. M. of University, Mississippi – Relative to position as principal.
May 25, 1914 Roberts, W. B. of Chicago, Illinois.
May 30, 1914 – June 2, 1914
Correspondence between Perkins, J. M. of Greenville, Mississippi and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to cattle. (2 letters)
June 30, 1914 Fanny ____ To McCrory, Issac, New Orleans, Louisiana.
August 12, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Carson, T. J. of Lexington, Kentucky – Relative to Sillers’ cattle.
August 14, 1914 B. J. Robinson Machine Works – Relative to engine for gin.
August 14, 1914 Brewer, Earl – Governor of Mississippi – Relative to cotton crop and prices.
August 15, 1914 Elder, B. W. of Boyle, Mississippi.
August 29, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Ogden, H. C. of Beulah, Mississippi – Relative to expense account.
August 31, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Editor of Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to cotton situations.
September 2, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter To Pace, J. H. of Pace, Mississippi.
September 8, 1914 Sillers, Sr., To Vardaman, James K., Senator, in Washington, D. C. (Another letter from Sillers, Sr., Walter to Vardaman, James K., Senator, in Washington, D. C. with October 19, 1914 as the date. This information was printed on the note card under September 8, 1914)
September 11, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter, To Poor, Thomas of Brockton, Illinois – Relative to farming conditions on Sillers’ land.
September 13, 1914 – September 16, 1914
Edwards, J. A. of Millsport, Kentucky. (2 letters)
September 17, 1914 Foley, M. D. to Sillers, Jr., Walter.
September 12, 1914 – October 30, 1914
Correspondence between Simmons Hardware Co of St. Louis, Missouri and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to order of shells. (6 letters)
September 18, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Riley, Robert R. of Jackson, Mississippi – Relative to Federal game law concerning the shooting of ducks.
September 23, 1914 Smith, T. Wade of Isola, Mississippi – Relative to need for job as plantation manager.
October 6, 1914 Secretary of Department of State, Washington, D. C. – Relative to political conditions in state of Mississippi.
October 8, 1914 – October 15, 1914
Sillers & Sillers to Rogers, F. M. of Arkansas City, Arkansas – Relative to Kimball-Lacey Lumber Bo. bankruptcy. (3 letters)
2/24 October 18, 1914 Weathers, L. M. of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to remodeling of court house in Rosedale, Mississippi.
October 19, 1914 Radgersby, J. C. of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to work for mule teams.
October 19, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Paxton, A. G. of Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to cotton situation in Mississippi. (3 letters)
October 20, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Wheeler, F. H. of Malvina, Mississippi – Relative to sale of land.
October 27, 1914 Plant Seed Co. of St. Louis, Missouri to Sillers, Sr., Walter of Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to account owed to company.
October 28, 1914 Bill from Stratton-Warren Hardware Co. of Memphis, Tennessee to Sillers and Ogden.
October 29, 1914 Gamewell, R. L. of North Birmingham Fire Brick and Proofing Co. of Birmingham, Alabama – Relative to building of silo.
November 2, 1914 – November 9, 1914
Correspondence between Ricket’s Rice Mills and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to purchase of rice barn. (4 letters)
November 12, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Ray, J. B. of Rosedale, Mississippi concerning compress receipt.
November 12, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Rosedale Grocery Co., Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to order of supplies for Ellington, Ben.
November 14, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Percy, Senator LeRoy of Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to meeting of River Commission.
November 16, 1914 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Tollinger, Captain E. C. of Vicksburg, Mississippi – Relative to the levee work on Beulah loop.
November 27, 1914 Thompson, W. L. of Greenville, Mississippi (Chief Engineer of Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners) – Relative to correction of dates in previous letter.
December 5, 1914 Moseley, L. B. of Jackson, Mississippi (Clerk, United States District Court) – Relative to Levee Board business.
December 15, 1914 Caldwell, A. S. of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to meeting of the Mississippi River Levee Association.
2/25 January 6, 1915 Sillers, Sr., Walter to West, Captain C. H. of Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to levee construction.
January 11, 1915 Sillers, Jr., Walter
January 18, 1915 Mason, Mary of Greenwood, Mississippi – Concerning money owed a widow and the failure to receive payments.
May 12, 1915 B. J. Semmes & Co., Memphis Tennessee to Rabb, H. W., of Rosedale, Mississippi.
2/25 May 25, 1915 – July 6, 1915
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Brown Coal Co. (4 letters)
July 14, 1915 Smith, L. Pink (Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners) – Relative to an expense check.
September 13, 1915 Fox, John A. of Memphis, Tennessee (With Attachments.) (34 letters)
September 22, 1915 Brown, J. (President of Continental Beneficial Association) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Relative to payment and membership in the Association. (2 letters)
September 29, 1915 Fenley, S. B. of Bassett, Arkansas
November 15, 1915 Thompson, W. L. of Greenville, Mississippi (Chief Engineer of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners) – Relative to a forthcoming visit of the Mississippi River Commission to Greenville.
November 18, 1915 Somerville, Robert of Greenville, Mississippi (Assistant Chief Engineer of Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners) – Relative to lands and deeds of Sillers, Sr., Walter sold for levee purposes.
November 26, 1915 Thompson, W. L. (Chief Engineer of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners) of Greenville, Mississippi to W. T. & E. M. Lowrance & Co., of Shiloh, Mississippi – Relative to levee construction.
2/26 January 1, 1916 Meister, A. G. and Rosa of Memphis, Tennessee – Concerning news on a case and any witnesses they have.
January 10, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Jenkins, L. B. P. of Clarksdale, Mississippi.
January 11, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Meister, A. G. and Rosa of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to their case. (Printed on same card as January 1, 1916 information.)
January 11, 1916 Brewer, Governor Earl of Jackson, Mississippi – Relative to Mississippi Children’s Home Society.
January 12, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McLelland, J. W. of Rosedale, Mississippi for the taxes of E. E. McLemore.
January 12, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McLemore, R. W. of Franklin, Tennessee sending a tax receipt for land.
January 12, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McLemore, R. W. of Franklin, Tennessee asking for payment of a fee for legal services.
January 12, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Montgomery Ward & Co. in Chicago, Illinois ordering a feed cooker.
January 12, 1916 Sillers., Sr., Walter of Rosedale, Mississippi to Fant, Rice T., Memphis, Tennessee.
January 13, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McCowar-Mercer Co. of Jackson, Tennessee rush order for a safe.
2/26 January 13, 1916 – September 21, 1916
Letters form Sillers, Sr., Walter to Shield, Walteon – Relative to levee board cases. (6 letters)
January 14, 1916 – March 17, 1916
Letters from Sillers, Sr., Walter to Sillers, Jr., Walter – Relative to various Legislative bills. (5 letters)
January 14, 1916 Mayes, Roy B. of Jackson, Mississippi to Sillers, Jr., Walter – Relative to a copy of the Western Union Telephone Co. vs. Humphreys.
January 14, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Jenkins, L. B. P. of Clarksdale, Mississippi – Relative to sale of Malvina land.
January 15, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Martin, R. E. of Rex, Mississippi – Relative to the Mississippi Delta Planting Company vs. Dobbyns.
January 19, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McLelland, J. W. of Rosedale, Mississippi paying his taxes.
January 20, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Quinn, Hilrie M. of Rosedale, Mississippi.
January 24, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Owen, Thomas S. of Cleveland, Mississippi – Relative to business and legal matters concerning the Ladies and Knights of Honor.
January 24, 1916 Johnson, Mrs. R. E. of Cleveland, Mississippi – Asking for lodge dues.
January 24, 1916 – January 28, 1916
Correspondence between Detroit Gear & Machine Co. of Detroit, Michigan and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to part needed for automobile. (2 letters)
January 25, 1916 E. A. White & Sons of Benoit, Mississippi – Relative to the reputation of one Jim Meeks.
January 30, 1916 Thompson, W. L. of Greenville, Mississippi (Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners) – Relative to levee construction.
January 31, 1916 Watlington, C. of Benoit, Mississippi – Relative to the payment of money due a widow.
January 31, 1916 McMillan, J. H. of Cleveland, Mississippi – Relative to the Grand Lodge of the Domain of Mississippi.
January 31, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Thompson, W. L. of Rosedale, Mississippi. (2 letters)
February 2, 1916 – January 17, 1917
Correspondence between Williamson, J. M. (Presidentof Industrial Agricultural College for Negroes, Shelby, Mississippi) and Sillers, Sr., Walter. (6 letters)
February 3, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Watlington, C. of Benoit, Mississippi concerning the case of Feld Brothers vs. Mrs. Volney Bass.
February 5, 1916 Watlington, C. of Benoit, Mississippi – Stating the date of the trial of the case of Feld Brothers vs. Mrs. Volney Bass.
2/26 February 7, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Thompson, W. L.
February 7, 1916 Bowman, Cost & Co. of St. Louis, Mo – Relative to drainage and levee district bonds in Bolivar Co., Mississippi.
February 7, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Dean, L. G. of Cleveland, Mississippi – Relative to cooperation of people of Bolivar County area and the Northern end of the levee district with the Levee Board. Extracts from other letters are included.
February 7, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Brooks, Dr. J. C. of Deeson, Mississippi – Relative to cooperation of people of Bolivar County area and the Northern end of the levee district with the Levee Board. Extracts from other letters are included.
February 7, 1916 Caldwell, A. S. (President of the Mississippi River Levee Association) – Relative to creation of a new standing committee on floods by the United States House of Representatives and flood legislation.
February 8, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McHenry, S. W. of Gunnision, Mississippi – Relative to conditions of high water.
February 8, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McKeowen, ____ – Relative to stabling horses and other live stock in case of break in the levee.
February 8, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McLemore, R. W. of Franklin, Tennessee – Relative to a law suit against a Mr. Scott.
February 8, 1916 Knickerbocker Bag Co. of St. Louis, Mo. To Levee Board, Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to shipment of bags for flood use.
February 8, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Thompson, W. L. of Greenville, Mississippi (Chief Engineer of Mississippi Board of Levee Commissioners) – Relative to repair and reinforcement of levee points.
February 10, 1916 – February 12, 1916
Correspondence between Caldwell, A. S. of Memphis, Tennessee and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to new Flood Control Committee. (2 letters)
February 11, 1916 Smith, L. Pink of Greenville, Mississippi (Secretary and Treasurer of eh Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners) to Sillers, Sr., Walter. Notification of a meeting of the Board to be held on February 16, 1916 to meet the Mississippi river Flood Committee of the House of Congress and to transact any business.
February 12, 1916 – April 20, 1917
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Gale-Hooper Company of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to the purchase of equipment. (10 letters)
2/26 February 14, 1916 Caldwell, A. S. (President of the Mississippi River Levee Association) – Relative to expenses of the Committee on Flood Control.
February 14, 1916 – February 23, 1916
Correspondence between Humphreys, Ben G. of Washington, D. C. and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to application of Whittimore, John for Sanatarium in Silver City, New Mexico. (2 letters)
February 15, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Miers, W. M. of Grenada, Mississippi – Relative to a Holestein Bull Sillers, Sr., Walter purchased from him.
February 18, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Parker, John M. of New Orleans, La.
February 19, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Jones, Ed. of Malvina, Mississippi – Relative to cotton of Burton, _______.
February 23, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners – Relative to report on levee construction.
February 23, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Prentiss, George of Chicago, Ill.- Relative to review of book.
February 28, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Waldauer, Louis of Oreilly, Mississippi – Relative to the sale of hogs.
February 28, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to the Okolona Holstien Stock Farm in Okolona, Mississippi concerning the possible purchase of Holstien cows.
February 28, 1916 Fox, John A. (Secretary – Manager of the Mississippi River Levee Association) to Sillers, Sr., Walter relative to the election of Mr. G. S. Brickey to the Board of Directors of the Mississippi River Levee Association.
February 28, 1916 – November 23, 1916
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and J. Doll & Sons of Louisville, Kentucky – Relative to order of suits. (7 letters)
March 1, 1916 – March 14, 1916
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Otto-Schwill Co. of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to an order of seed. (2 letters)
March 2, 1916 Johnson, A. S. of Kimberlin, Tennessee – Johnson Bible College – to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to Dixie Herd.
March 3, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter, to the Memphis Seed & Plant Co. in Memphis, Tennessee ordering 5 bushels of seed.
March 15, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to the Memphis Seed and Plant Co. in Memphis, Tennessee reordering the 5 bushels of seed. (Printed on same card as March 3, 1916.)
March 4, 1916 The Oak Grove Dairy Co. of Jackson, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter concerning the sale of some cattle to Sillers, Sr., Walter.
2/26 February 28, 1916 Sillers Sr., Walter to the Oak Grove Dairy Co. in Jackson,
Mississippi relative to the purchase of Holstien cows.
(Printed on same card as March 4, 1916.)
March 4, 1916 – March 9, 1916
Correspondence between North, J. J. of Yazoo, City, Mississippi and Sillers, Sr., Walter relative to the registry of a Holstien bull. (2 letters)
March 4, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Sillers, Florence Warfield.
March 7, 1916 – March 18, 1916
Correspondence between McLaurin, Sidney L. of Brandon, Mississippi and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to the purchase of a plantation in Washington County, Mississippi.
March 7, 1916 – March 18, 1916
Jones, H. O., County Agent of Bolivar County, Mississippi to Sillers and Sillers. (3 letters)
March 14, 1916 Sillers Sr., Walter to Dowdle, J. R., Manager of The Mutual Life Insurande Co., of New York, in Jackson, Mississippi – Relative to payment of insurance policy premiums.
March 15, 1916 Sillers Sr., Walter to Internal Revenue Collector of Birmingham, Alabama – Relative to extension of time to file return. (3 letters)
March 16, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Oak Grove Dairy Company in Jackson, Mississippi – Relative to the sale of heifers.
March 16, 1916 – March 18, 1916
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Cameron, A. E. of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to need of moey for farming. (3 letters)
March 16, 1916 Thompson, W. L. of Greenville, Mississippi (Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Commissioners) to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to expenditures in Issaquena County for construction operations and flood control measures for the past calendar year. Attached is a “Financial Estimate to the Close of the Nest Fiscal Year (September 30, 1916).”
March 18, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Morris, C. C., Manager of the Rosedale Grocery Company, in Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to the law firm.
March 18, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to the Montgomery Ward & Co. of Chicago, Illinois – ordering stock fence.
March 18, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Murphy, Miss Nell R. of Gainesville, Georgia – Relative to a controversy over land for the levee.
March 18, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Owen, Thomas S. of Cleveland, Mississippi – Relative to a court case involving J. W. Smith and Mollie Johnson.
2/26 March 18, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter, to Thompson, W. L. of Greenville,
Mississippi (Chief Engineer of Board of Mississippi Levee
Commissioners) – Relative to levee business and the
cutting of a levee.
March 18, 1916 – February 29, 1916
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Wilkerson, H. L of Shelby, Mississippi – Relative to fees and handling of Sheffield vs. Sheffield. (4 letters)
[There were four (4) dates on two cards. I labeled the card as a correspondence although text for each date was written out according to date. The dates were March 18, 20 and 21 and February 29, all in 1916.]
March 20, 1916 West, Charles H. of Greenville, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr.,
Walter – A chain prayer.
March 20, 1916 Skinner, N. C. of Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Skinner, Mrs. N. C. of Rosedale, Mississippi.
March 21, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McNeel, John D. of Birmingham, Alabama – Relative to income tax returns.
March 23, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Wolf, B. of Beulah, Mississippi concerning the signing of a bond for Jeff Swan.
March 24, 1916 Chain letter from Burris, I. C. of Benoit, Mississippi.
March 26, 1916 – March 28, 1916
Sillers, Jr., Walter to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to case of State vs. E. W. Moss, charged with embezzlement from Bank of Duncan, Duncan, Mississippi. (2 letters)
March 28, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Montgomery Ward & Co. of Chicago, Illinois placing an order.
March 29, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter, to Owen Thomas of Cleveland, Mississippi – Relative to state political situation.
March 30, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McNeil, Oscar of Merigold, Mississippi relative to a petition being circulated in several Mississippi counties.
March 30, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Morton, B. F. of Gunnison, Mississippi – Relative to a petition.
March 31, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Wynn, William T. of Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to the Court of Clanthe cases.
March 31, 1916 Chaney, E. D. of Rosedale, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to repairs needed in drugstore.
March 31, 1916 Mayes, Robert B. of Jackson, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to two legal cases, The McLemore case and the Humphreys case.
April 1, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Mayes Robert B. of Jackson, Mississippi in reply to the above letter.
(Printed on same card as March 31, 1916, which is directly above)
2/27 March 27, 1916 – April 1, 1916
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Owen, Thomas S. of Cleveland, Mississippi – Relative to the J. W. Smith case. (4 letters)
[There were four (4) dates on two cards. I labeled the card as a correspondence although text for each date was written out according to date. The dates were March 27, 28 and 31 and April 1, all in 1916.]
April 3, 1916 McDaniel, Arthur – Relative to timber trade.
April 12, 1916 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR APRIL 12, MARCH 3 AND APRIL 21, ALL FROM 1916, WAS PRINTED ON THE SAME CARD.
Sillers, Sr., Walter to Weaver Brothers in Lubbock, Texas sending payment for a shipment of seed, and ordering some more.
March 3, 1916 Sillers, Sr. Walter to Weaver Brothers in Lubbock, Texas placing an order for 100 pounds of Sudan Grass seeds.
April 21, 1916 Sillers, Sr. Walter to Weaver Brothers in Lubbock, Texas placing an order for 200 pounds of Sudan Grass seeds at reduced price.
THE ABOVE INFORMATION FOR APRIL 12, MARCH 3 AND APRIL 21, ALL FROM 1916, WAS PRINTED ON THE SAME CARD.
April 16, 1916 Williams, W. Emmet of Memphis, Tennessee to Sillers, Sr., Walter of Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to an order and shipment of two bushels of seed sweet potatoes.
April 20, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Mayes, Robert B. of Jackson, Mississippi – Relative to recent Supreme Court decision.
April 22, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McLelland, J. W. of Rosedale, Mississippi relative to the purchase of car tags.
April 25, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Martin, R. E. of Rex, Mississippi concerning the case of the Mississippi Delta Planters Co. vs Dobbyns.
April 25, 1916 Bookman, John to Montgomery Ward & Co. of Chicago, Illinois – Relative to a hold up in an order.
April 26, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Parks, W. B. of Merigold, Mississippi relative to purchase of cattle.
April 26, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Green, Irwin of Malvina, Mississippi – Relative to fencing in of land belonging to Sillers, Sr., Walter.
April 27, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Edmonds, Rosa of New Orleans, Louisiana.
April 27, 1916 “Progressive Farmer” of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to purchase of Polled Durham cattle.
April 27, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Johnson, R. O. of Memphis, Tennessee to obtain information on raising cattle.
2/27 April 27, 1916 – April 29, 1916
Correspondence between Gamble, Dr. Paul of Greenville,
Mississippi and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to speech
Presented to State Medical Association. (2 letters)
April 27, 1916 – April 16, 1916
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Orgill Brothers, and Company of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to an order of merchandise. (5 letters)
THE DATES ON THE CARDS APPEAR TO BE BACKWARDS. I TYPED THEM AS SO. DOCUMENTS DO MATCH.
April ?, 1916 Whitecarver, Mrs. H. C. of Gunnison, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter concerning the collection of a bill owed her husband before his death.
April 10, 1916 Sillers, Sr. Walter to Whitecarver, Mrs. H. C. of Gunnison, Mississippi concerning a bill owed her deceased husband and the conditions that must be met before payment.
THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINING NO SPECIFIC DAY IN APRIL WERE PRINTED ON THE SAME CARD.
May 7, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Montgomery Ward & Co. of Chicago, Illinois concerning a delayed shipment.
May 8 1916 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, Greenville, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter, President of the Mississippi Levee Board, Rosedale, Mississippi concerning sub-levee work.
May 8, 1916 McBee, R. C. of Greenwood, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter concerning possible appointments as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention.
May 10, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Thompson, W. L. of Greenville, Mississippi (Chief Engineer of Mississippi Board of Levee Commissioners) Relative to levee repair and business.
May 10, 1916 Watson, Hugh G. to Sillers, Sr., Walter of Greenville, Mississippi.
May 10, 1916 Montgomery, F. A. to Sillers, Sr., Walter Tunica, Mississippi.
May 10, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McBee, R. C. of Greenwood, Mississippi – Relative to an election.
May 11, 1916 McBee, R. c. to Sillers, Sr., Walter, Greenwood, Mississippi.
May 11, 1916 Gwin, Sam L. to Sillers, Sr., Walter, Greenwood, Mississippi.
May 11, 1916 Noel, E. F. to Sillers, Sr., Lexington, Mississippi.
May 13, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Montgomery Ward & Co. – Relative to a delayed order of animal supplies.
2/27 May 26, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Shields, Walton of Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to a reduction of salaries of certain officials of the Mississippi Levee Board, the appointment of officials and members to the Board, and politics.
May 26, 1916 – May 27, 1916
Faust, C. L. of Faust Brothers Lumber Co. of Jackson, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to purchase of timber and land in Bolivar Co., Mississippi. (2 letters)
May 29, 1916 Owen & Roberts of Cleveland, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to the case of Goyer Co. vs George Scott.
May 27, 1916 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Owen & Roberts of Cleveland, Mississippi concerning the case of Goyer Co. vs George Scott.
THE ABOVE INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE INFORMATION FROM MAY 29, 1916 WERE PRINTED ON THE SAME CARD IN THE ORDER THAT THEY ARE TYPED ON THIS PAGE.
Folder 28 is missing. The cards are available, but there are no documents to match.
3/29 January 4, 1917 Vardman, James K. of Washington, D. C. to Sillers, Sr., Walter.
January 9, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Simmons Hardware Store of St. Louis, Missouri – Relative to payment of a bill.
ATTACHED: A bill from Simmons Hardware Store to Sillers, Sr. Walter for $17.72.
January 9, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Speakes, W. A. of Benoit, Mississippi – Relative to money (2 copies)
January 9, 1917 Speakes, W. A. of Benoit, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to money.
THE PREVIOUS 2 DATES WERE PRINTED ON THE SAME CARD.
January 10, 1917 Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and McBee Engine & Implement Co. of Lexington, Mississippi – Relative to Foos Engine. (2 copies)
January 12, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Smith, Norwood of Malvina, Mississippi – Relative to a legal matter concerning Dr. L. O. Jenkins, and Jim and Tom Bond.
January 16, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Scott, Hon. A. Y. of Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to settling a claim on his land.
February 13, 1917 Ogden, H. C. to H. T. Bruce & Co., Stock Yards, of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to return of mule because of defective eye.
February 27, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Sheriff of Bolivar County of Cleveland, Mississippi – Relative to Sillers’ payment of income taxes in 1918.
3/29 March 1, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Williams, Senator John Sharp in
Washington, D. C. – Relative to the passage of the Flood
Control Bill.
March 3, 1917 Sillers, Sr. Walter to Manning, Mary of Bellefield, Arkansas concerning her case against a railroad company for the death of her husband.
March 6, 1917 Percy, LeRoy of Greenville, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter concerning the Mississippi River Commission.
March 6, 1917 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to drainage of land along the river.
INFORMATION FOR MARCH 6, 1917 (BOTH ENTRIES) IS PRINTED ON THE SAME CARD.
March 12, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Owen, Thomas S. of Cleveland, Mississippi – Relative to filing a plea for Wakfield case in Circuit Court.
March 14, 1917 Caldwell, A. S. of Memphis, Tennessee, to Sillers, Sr., Walter – relative to the Flood Control Bill’s becoming a law.
ATTACHED: a letter from Mr. Caldwell to Mr. Sillers on the same subject.
March 16, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Caldwell, A. S. of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to the Flood Control Bill’s becoming a law.
March 28, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Thompson, W. L. of Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to levee building.
March 31, 1917 Percy, LeRoy of Greenville, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to the river and the levee.
March 31, 1917 – April 2, 1917
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and International Harvester Co. of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to repair of mowers. (2 letters)
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PRINTED ON A TOTAL OF 4 CARDS. “END SERIES” WILL MARK THE END OF THE FOURTH CARD’S INFORMATION. THE INFORMATION IS FROM BOX 3 FOLDER 29 (3/29).
April 2, 1917 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Slattery, Major R. J. of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, in Vicksburg, Mississippi concerning a construction plan for work along the levee.
April 2, 1917 Slattery, J. R., Major of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, In Vicksburg, Mississippi to Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee
Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to setting up a patrol for the levee system.
3/29 March 21, 1917 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to the Assistant Engineers, concerning precautions for the expected rise of the river.
April 2, 1917 Slattery, J. R., Major for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, in Vicksburg, Mississippi to To Whom It May Concern, concerning a possible flood of the river and advising that patrol be put on all levees.
April 4, 1917 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to all Board Members – Relative to problems with Major J. R. Slattery of the U. S. Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, Mississippi concerning high water plans.
April 4, 1917 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Slattery, Major J. R. of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, Mississippi – Relative to the high water plans for the Greenville, Mississippi levee district.
April 4, 1917 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Slattery, Major J. R. of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, concerning the plans for high water.
END SERIES
April 4, 1917 Smith, Norwood of Malvina, Mississippi – Relative to bank notes of Bond Brothers and L. O. Jenkins.
April 6, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Smith, Norwood of Malvina, Mississippi – relative to a legal matter concerning Dr. L. O. Jenkins.
April 7, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi notifying him that he had received a letter.
April 11, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi concerning military and levee organization in Bolivar County.
April 11, 1917 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Allen, C. B., Jr. of Rosedale, Mississippi – relative to measures taken for the war and high water.
3/29 April 14, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer of
the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in
Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to the allotment for the
levee work of the up coming year.
April 16, 1917 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville – relative to levee policy.
April 18, 1917 Committee of the River Commission to Slattery, J. R. of Memphis, Tennessee, relative to inviting him to attend a meeting of this committee and to read the resolutions of this committee.
April 21, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Owen, Tom – Relative to conscription and war.
May 16, 1917 Wade, Josie of Durant, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter concerning a job as his stenographer. (2 letters)
May 19, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Wade, Josie of Durant, Mississippi concerning the hiring of a stenographer.
MAY 16, 1917 AND MAY 19, 1917 ARE PRINTED ON THE SAME CARD.
May 17, 1917 Fox, John A. of Washington, D. C. to Sillers, Sr., Walter Sr., in Jackson, Mississippi – Relative to the passage of the flood control bill. (Telegraph)
May 24, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Owen Thomas and Sillers, Jr., Walter, relative to the brief for a legal case.
May 26, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Speakes, W. A. of Benoit, Mississippi – Relative to the sale of The Green Island Plantation.
May 28, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi of Jackson, Mississippi – Relative to a legal case involving H. A. Furst V. The Virginia Fire and Marine Company of Richmond, Virginia.
May 28, 1917 Thompson, W. L. of Greenville, Mississippi to Smythe, Dr. J. D. of Greenville, Mississippi – relative to a discussion on the levee situation in the Delta.
June 28, 1917 Salsbury, L. K. of Scott, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter, relative to legal matters.
June 29, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Salsbury, L. K. of Memphis, Tennessee, relative to legal matters.
June 30, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Miers, Jim of Malinina, Mississippi relative to a woman, Minnie Burton, and her share in a crop.
July 1, 1917 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to enlargement work on the levee in the Rosedale, Mississippi area.
July 4, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Dulaney, L. C. of Grace, Mississippi – Relative to the war and the work on the levee.
3/29 July 26, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Terry, W. D. of Beulah, Mississippi
concerning payment of certain debt or else the loss of his
business.
July 31, 1917 Salsbury, L. K. of Memphis, Tennessee to Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to the sale of Green Island Plantation.
ATTACHED: a letter from Sillers, Jr., Walter to Salsbury, L. K. of Memphis, Tennessee – Relative to this matter.
August 6, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Gordon, John of Rosedale, Mississippi.
August 6, 1917 Sillers, Jr., Walter to Salsbury, L. K. of Memphis, Tennessee, relative to the sale of the Green Island Plantation.
August 16, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to West, J. C. of Round Lake, Mississippi concerning the prosecution of a woman for murder.
September 7, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Tydings, Thomas J. of Moberly, Missouri, relative to claims made on some land in Bolivar County belonging to the heirs of Malcolm Gilchrist.
ATTACHED: a letter form Tydings to Sillers about this land.
September 22, 1917 Sillers, Sr., Walter to ____, Lorraine – Relative to money matters in different businesses.
December 4, 1917 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, to Smythe, J. D., President of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi relative to money for machinery to work on the levee.
3/30 January 8, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Farrar, Mrs. A. B. of Rosedale,
Mississippi.
Attachments include a promissory note between Mrs. Walter Sillers, Sr. and F. Formigoni and a rent note between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Mrs. Anna B. Farrar, 1918.
January 19, 1918 Dulaney, L. C. of Grace, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter concerning a bill to provide for the building of an extension levee.
January 30, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Dulaney, L. C. of Grace, Mississippi concerning a bill to provide for the building of an extension levee.
February 5, 1918 Terrell, W. J. of Beulah, Mississippi to Sillers, Sr., Walter concerning a levee that was sinking.
February 11, 1918 Scudders, H. N., of Mayersville, Mississippi, to Sillers, Sr., Walter (2 copies)
February 14, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Scudder, E. N. of Mayersville, Mississippi.
September 20, 1918 Smith, Sydney to Sillers, Sr., Walter, Jackson, Mississippi.
3/30 September 24, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Kirk, Jno. M., Rosedale, Mississippi.
September, 27, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter t Graziosi, Mrs. Rosa, Rosedale, Mississippi – In reference to rent of land and payment of rent.
September 28, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Brewer, Dan.
October 1, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Thompson, M. J. Rosedale, Mississippi – In reference to military deferment of Smith, Leslie.
October 4, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Chaney Drug Co. of Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to account.
November 26, 1918 Rosedale, Stock Farms, Sillers, Sr., Walter to Stephen, J. A. Rosedale, Mississippi – In reference to price of Holstein cattle.
December 6, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Dr. Greer. Rosedale, Mississippi – In reference to sale of cotton owned by Bell, Anna.
December 7, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Hicks, Mattie. Rosedale, Mississippi – In reference to rent of land.
December 10, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to John A Dennie, Sons and Co. Rosedale, Mississippi.
December 10, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Rosedale Compress Co. – In reference to cotton of Bradley, Tom.
December 11, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Hazelhurst Lumber Co., Rosedale, Mississippi – In reference to price of lumber.
December 11, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Security Mutual Life Insurance Co., Rosedale, Mississippi.
December 16, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to the Literary Digest Rosedale, Mississippi.
December 23, 1918 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Powell, Robert H. of Canton, Mississippi – Relative to note sent by Valley Bank by Hart, ____
3/31 January 9, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Hawkins, W. H. of Vicksburg,
Mississippi – Relative to sale of Duroc hogs.
January 11, 1919 Correspondence between New York Life Insurance Co. of Jackson, Mississippi and Sillers, Sr., Walter. – Relative to payment of premium. (3 letters)
January 22, 1919 Vanhook, W. T. – Relative to payment of John, Johnny for hauling timber.
January 23, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Holstein Friesin Association of America, Battleborro, Vermont – Relative to registration of bull calves.
January 23, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Owen, Mrs. Miriam of Cleveland, Mississippi – Relative to purchase of mules.
January 23, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Berkman, P. B. Nursery Man, Rosedale, Mississippi.
3/31 February 11, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Riser, W. B. of Logdell, Mississippi –
Relative to bales of cotton shipped by the Waddell Cotton Company.
March 14, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Humphrey & Co. of Greenwood, Mississippi – Relative to organization of planters to reduce cotton acreage.
March 22, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Cumberland Telephone Co. of Rosedale, Mississippi.
March 25, 1919 – September 23, 1919
Correspondence between Scales, General Erie C. of Jackson, Mississippi and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to Selective Draft in Mississippi and organization of National Guard in Bolivar County, Mississippi. (3 letters)
March 27, 1919 Christmas, Walter to Sillers, Sr., Walter of Cleveland, Mississippi – Relative to personal loan of money. (2 letters)
April 5, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Myers, Jim of Malvina, Mississippi – Relative to care of land of Evelyn Place.
April 10, 1919 – April 17, 1919
Correspondence between Maier, William M. of Memphis, Tennessee and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to position as bookkeeper. (2 letters)
April 26, 1919 Correspondence between Moore Brothers of Alexander Island and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to raising of hogs. (2 letters)
May 1, 1919 Salsbury, L. K. of Memphis, Tennessee to Sillers, Sr.,Walter of Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to experimentation with seeds and plant at Experiment Department of Mississippi Delta Planting Co.
May 22, 1919 – June 16, 1919
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Harrison, B. F. of Champaign, Illinois – Relative to sale of Harrison’s land in Bolivar County, Mississippi. (3 letters)
June 8, 1919 – June 12, 1919
Correspondence between L. C. Nolan Lumber Co. of Memphis, Tennessee and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to sale of cow oak. (3 letters)
June 12, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Longino, A. H., Governor of Mississippi – Relative to state politics.
June 13, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Mayes, Robert B of Jackson, Mississippi – Relative to _____, Dave.
June 13, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Darby, M. A. of Rosedale, Mississippi – Relative to draining of lands.
July 11, 1919 Edmonds, James E. of Washington, D. C.
3/31 July 26, 1919 Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Smith J. R. of Merigold, Mississippi – Relative to abilities of
McNeil, Oscar for position as sheriff of Bolivar County,
Mississippi with an attached letter to Sillers, Sr.,Walter from _____, ____. (4 letters)
July 28, 1919 Houghton, F. L., Secretary of the Friesian Holstein Association of American, Brattleboro, Vermont to Sillers, Sr., Walter concerning the transfer of the registration numbers of two animals to Walter Sillers, Sr.’s name.
Attached are the transfer certificates of two animals.
August 13, 1919 Caad, B. R.
September 10, 1919 The George D. Barnard Stationary Company of St. Louis, Missouri – Concerning acknowledgment of the receipt of an order for legal stationary.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PRINTED ON A TOTAL OF 4 CARDS. “END SERIES” WILL MARK THE END OF THE FOURTH CARD’S INFORMATION. THE INFORMATION IS FROM BOX 3 FOLDER 31 (3/31).
September 10, 1919 Thompson, W. L. Chief Engineer fro the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Otwell, Colonel C. W., of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Third Mississippi River District, Vicksburg, Mississippi concerning work at the Riverton area.
September 14, 1919 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Otwell, Colonel C. W., of the U. S. Army Corps, of Engineers in the Third Mississippi River District, Vicksburg, Mississippi – Relative to a labor supply for work done on the levee at Riverton.
August 1, 1919 Otwell, C. W. of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Third Mississippi River District, Vicksburg, Mississippi concerning workers for the Riverton levee.
July 17, 1919 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Otwell, Major C. W. of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Third Mississippi River District, Vicksburg, Mississippi concerning labor for work to be done on the levee at Riverton.
July 14, 1919 Otwell, C. W., Major of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Third Mississippi River District, Vicksburg, Mississippi concerning allotments for work on the levee.
END SERIES
3/31 September 12, 1919 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Mississippi
Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi – Concerning copies of letters between Thompson, W. L. and Otwell, Major C. W.
Attached are copies of the letter.
September 12, 1919 Todd, A. M. Assistant Engineer for the Mississippi Levee Board, in Greenville, Mississippi to the Chief Engineer of the Mississippi Levee Board in Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to the labor supply for work on the levee at Riverton.
September 13, 1919 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Lamson, Captain C. J., Third Mississippi River District, Vicksburg, Mississippi concerning labor supply for the work at Riverton.
September 19, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Monte Christo Cosmetics Co. of New York, N. Y. – Relaive to purchase of hair coloring.
September 20, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Henderson, B. N. of Beulah, Mississippi.
October 3, 1919 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Townsend, Colonel C. Mc.D., President of the Mississippi River Commission, in St. Louis, Missouri concerning an upcoming inspection trip by the Mississippi River Commission.
Attached are typed copies of correspondence between Colonel Townsend, W. L. Thompson, and R. P. Crump, President of the Mississippi Levee Board. All correspondence concerning the conditions at RIVERTON.
October 3, 1919 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi to Townsend, Colonel C. McD., President of the Mississippi River Commission, in St. Louis, Missouri – Relative to the situation at Riverton.
October 4, 1919 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to work at Riverton.
October 7, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Bufford, Rev. J. H. of Rosedale, Mississippi.
October 10, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to West, Captain C. H., Member of the Levee Commission, in Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to the situation at Riverton.
October 11, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to “To Whom It May Concern” – Relative to recommendation of Henderson, C. H.
October 13, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to R. E. Funsten Dried Fruit and Nut Co. of St. Louis, Missouri – Relative to sale of pecans.
3/31 October 16, 1919 Sillers, Sr. Walter to Winkle, I. of Bouge Phalia – Relative
to trees on tenant’s land.
October 20, 1919 West, C. H., Member of the Mississippi River Commission, in Greenville, Mississippi concerning laborers on the River.
October 27, 1919 West, C. H., Member of the Mississippi River Commission, in Greenville, Mississippi – Concerning the cave-in of the river banks at Riverton.
October 27, 1919 Correspondence between Potts, Willie and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to money needed for football uniform. (2 letters)
October 27, 1919 Sillers, Jr., Walter to Clark, Charles – Relative to leveE.
November 4, 1919 THE FOLLOWING DATES WERE PRINTED ON THE SAME CARD: NOVEMBER 4, 1919 AND OCTOBER 25, 1919.
Superintendent of the United States Railroad Administration for the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, in Greenville, Mississippi – concernng work at Riverton.
October 25, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to West, Captain C. H. of Greenville, Mississippi concerning the levee.
November 5, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to West, Captain C. H., Member of the River Commission, in Greenville, Mississippi concerning the situation at Riverton. (2 copies)
November 6, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi concerning work on the banks of the river at Riverton.
November 6, 1919 – December 4, 1919
Correspondence between Noorefield, J. D. of Memphis, Tennesee and Sillers & Sillers – Relative to payment of ball rearing fan. (2 letters).
November 10, 1919 West, C. H., Member of the Mississippi River Commission, in Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to construction on the levee at Riverton.
November 14, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi concerning methods of building levees.
December 2, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Security Life Ins. Co. of Birmingham, N. Y. – Relative to payment of premium.
December 13, 1919 – December 19, 1919
Correspondence between Ware, John L., Manager of The Edwards Hotel, Jackson, Mississippi and Sillers, Sr., Walter – Relative to reservations of rooms for Sillers and Roberts family. (2 copies)
3/31 December 18, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to McCloud, Mr. ____ of Rosedale,
Mississippi – Relative to lumber on Divver Place.
December 23, 1919 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Dean, L. G. of Shaw, Mississippi. (2 letters)
3/32 January 7, 1920 – January 17, 1919
Correspondence between Sillers, Sr., Walter and Pearson, John L. of Jackson, Tennessee – Relative to Pearson’s coming to Rosedale, Mississippi to begin law practice. (4 letters)
February 7, 1920 Thompson, W. L., Chief Engineer of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, in Greenville, Mississippi – Relative to sending a letter to Captain Stewart concerning the Riverton levee.
March 5, 1920 Sillers, Sr., Walter to Kiger, W. G. of Natchez, Mississippi concerning a resolution passed by the House of Representatives to amend the constitution making levee commissioners elective.
* All correspondence, unless otherwise noted, is to Walter Sillers, Sr.
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