Samuel B. Wiggin letters and manuscript

The papers of Samuel Bradley Wiggin contain letters to his mother, Sarah J. Bradley Wiggin, and his brother Rob. In the letters he describes his journey from Boston to Lexington, Mississippi, as well as his experiences as a Northerner in the South and teaching in a school for black children. Subjects he touches on are carpetbaggers, a "colored" church service, Southern minds, politics and economics, the intelligence of the freedman, as well as the weather and his daily activities. Two letters of recommendation and two letters describing the circumstances of his death are also included. The collection also contains a manuscript entitled "A Lady without Mercy," by Wiggin, and a poem by his hand.