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WYCHE AND OTEY FAMILY PAPERS, #1608, 1824-1900; 1935- 1936

Family and business correspondence, financial and legal papers, and personal items of the family of William Madison Otey (1818- 1865), merchant and cotton planter, of Meridianville, Alabama, and Yazoo County, Mississippi. The diary of Octavia Wyche Otey discusses relationships with slaves (1852-1853). Series 2 includes agreements for the hiring-out of slaves and work contracts with freedmen (1849-1866). Microfilm available.