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?I have to stay in the house the most of my time, as the mosquitos are so bad I can scarsely (sic) go out side of the door, they are worse now than they have ever been, in riding out you could scarsely tell what colour the horse is.? He worried that his mother will not like the place (sh?-amved~m~OGt?ber): ?I don?t think she will like this place, there is no pleasure or comfort for the mosquitos, and never any preaching.. .she would have to learn to eate old bacon and [chicken].? There were ants, and roches and heat. The mail service was poor; a post office
J nearby served only the Claibomes and Clifton ? for no other persons on this side of Purlington has any correspondence? [letter reference].
By October, 1857, Sarah had arrived at Clifton. She had gone through Memphis and then
to New Orleans by boat. From there she took the mail boat to the bay (Shieldsborough) where
TO ,1 r~C> /<?' Cl U '?J ^ c__ they arrived at 7:00 pm. It-is likefy that Mrs. LldiPoMie aiili ulliti pioininent wwes-aieLher.
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' Samuel noteif to ner sister [ap-frtf-8??fc57] ?..Mrs. Claiborne and all of the ladies at the Bay are
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The next day Sarah took ajj*^ six- hour horse and wagon ride to Clifton . On the way, ^ Sarah ?saw all the BEAUTIFUL beach, pine forest, waving moss, &c &c &c...? and when she arrived Tuesday afternoon at Clifton she ?found Sammy upon our arrival sitting on the poarch	Kf7'u
(sic)...reading his news paper...the negroes are well, and all delighted to see us...? [Sarah J?	\[	\
Jackson to Rachel Jackson Lawrence her daughter, Clifton, October 1857].
In the evening Sarah walked toward Mulatto Bayou and provided interesting observations of Mulatto Bayou shell bank and the Clifton plantation, five years following the visit of Benjamin Wailes to Judge Daniells, Clifton?s previous owner. ?I walked down to the shell bank last evening, and was surprised to find a stream of water much larger than Stones river even when full of water, a beautiful stream, but the way to it is rough and disagreeable, and some mosquitoes, but not a great many - the house we are in is very open and very old but much more comfortable than I expected to find it. I have visited all the houses on the place Gin house, Smoke house, chicken houses and mill house & in fact every thing in the inclosure (sic)...? [Sarah .	r-.
Jackson to Rachel Jackson Lawrence her daughter, Clifton, October 1857].	1
for years treated the Mississippi Gulf Coast as an escape from the danger. Annually, the