---
title: 'A Trip from Houston to Jackson, Miss., in 1845'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Jehu Amaziah Orr'
date: 1906-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'History (General)'
- 'Travelogues'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 25'
- 'Ecclesiastes 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/orr-1906-a-trip-from-houston-to-jackson-miss-in-1845
---

# A Trip from Houston to Jackson, Miss., in 1845

Personal 1845 travel account from Houston to Jackson, Mississippi, describing post-1837 financial collapse, bank failures, a Democratic convention, political rivalries, and slavery.

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