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1818WRCAM28488Washington: E. De Krafft 1818. 11pp. Modern quarter red cloth maroon gilt label on spine. Slight foxing. Very good. The report of Secretary of the Treasury William Crawford to James Monroe regarding the status of the surveying and subdivision of the lands within the Mississippi Territory including ample descriptions of the land with particular attention paid to bodies of water such as the Cyprus and Tennessee rivers and Muscle Shoals. E. De Krafft hardcover books
181525113Washington 1815. 6pp caption title as issued disbound and toned. Good. <br/><br/> Considering the terms of the Georgia Cession of the Mississippi Territory to the United States the Committee recommends admission. <br/>AI 36393 2. Not in De Renne. unknown books
1811WRCAM40132Washington City: R.C. Weightman 1811. 4pp. Dbd. Minor foxing stain in upper corner. Very good. A letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives dated "January 3d 1811." The letter requests further compensation for the time and duties of the land commissioners of Mississippi Territory. Mississippi Territory encompassed the present states of Mississippi and Alabama until it declared statehood in 1817 at which time Alabama became its own territory. Very scarce. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 24188. R.C. Weightman unknown books
181111387Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1811. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Unsuccessful petition to admit the Mississippi Territory into the union. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 24203. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; edges darkened three pages with a couple of small brown spots. Leaves separated. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
18879417Jackson Miss.: Sword and Shield Book Print 1887. 23pp stitched original printed wrappers. Lightly tanned blank inner margin stab holes old rubberstamp date. Good. An accounting of the doings of the Session. "The report on Prohibition was read and after lengthy and spirited discussion adoption was postponed for further discussion." Participants churches and ministers are named; Reports on Foreign and Home Missions Ministerial Education Spiritual Condition of the Churches Publications Mississippi College. FIRST EDITION.Not in Owen. Sword and Shield Book Print unknown books
1878726245th Cong. 2d Sess.: SED95. 1878. 52pp 7 folding charts 6 of them quite large. Very Good. SED95. unknown books
181411409Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1814. 8vo. 20 pp. <br><br>Concerns claims to territory ceded to the United States by the state of Georgia on 24 April 1802. The Yazoo land fiasco. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 33299; Eberstadt 133:456. Removed from a nonce volume. Very good condition. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
187514747New York: George Nesbitt 1875. Original printed wrappers front wrap detached with erasure of old institutional mark rear wrap illustrated with 'The Great Highway and Railroad Three Span Steel Bridge over the Mississippi River at Saint Louis Missouri'. Small map on page 3 shows the Road's locations. 22pp two folding tables. Good or so. FIRST EDITION. George Nesbitt unknown books
194431473Parchman Mississippi: Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman. 1944. First Printing. Documents. Three documents: 1 Typed Letter signed from M. E Wiggins Superintendent Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman to Provost Marshall Major J. B. Bullis of the 6th Service Command Chicago introducing the prisoner noting Governor Thomas L. Bailey's suspension of his sentence so he can re-enlist in the Army November 30 1944. 2 a cheaply printed form with many remarks type in noting that Byars will join thy Army as a condition of the suspension; it is also noted that the suspension can be revoked any time pending good behavior. This document is signed on the verso by Wiggins. Byars' race is unknown. 3 Original mailing envelope from Wiggins to Bullis 1944.The envelope is very good although it has a few notations on the verso. The Typed Letter signed is very good with old folds small corner crease and old staple holes in upper left column. The filled-out form is very good with old folds and a tiny chip at the edge of one fold. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 4 pp . Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman unknown books
18839358np Columbus MS: Novelty" Print 1883. 18pp foldout statistical table stitched original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Verso of front wrap is a "Map of the Columbus Baptist Association " Lightly foxed and worn upper corners turned Good. Bound in is an advertising slip for the New Baptist Hymnal. <br/><br/> An accounting of the doings of the Session with ordained ministers and their addresses; Reports on Home Missions Ministerial Education Systematic Benevolence State Missions Publications Mississippi College and "Report on Colored Population." The latter seeks "the best method of imparting religious instruction to the colored population. Lost confidence in the white race is to some extent in many places being restored and they are willing and anxious in some places to receive religious instruction." FIRST EDITION. Owen 675. Not in NUC. Novelty" Print unknown books
18779355Jackson Miss.: Charles Winkley Book and Job Printer 1877. 27pp stitched original printed self-wrappers. Lightly foxed and worn light old rubberstamp Good. An accounting of the doings of the Session with name and "post office" of each participant the churches represented; Reports on Sunday Schools Foreign Missions the Central Female Institute Ministerial Education State Missions "spiritual darkness spreads over the Mississippi Bottom" Mississippi College. An Abstract from Church Letters is also included: "We have nothing encouraging to write" says one; "We regret to say we are in a spiritually cold condition" says another. FIRST EDITION. Not in Owen. 34 NUC 0102351 1- annual series. Charles Winkley, Book and Job Printer unknown books
18778042baSt. Louis MO: John J. Daly 1877. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Americana; Mississippi river; 39p.; 19.4cm; original brown soft cloth; Sylvester Waterhouse 1830-1902 from paper delivered at convention in St. Paul MN; cover title: Give us an unobstructed Mississippi; owner marks. John J. Daly Hardcover books
1816WRCAM34214Washington 1816. 10pp. Modern red cloth. Toned. Good. A land office report regarding how claims for lands stemming from the Spanish and British occupations of parts of the Mississippi Territory from 1763 to 1803 were to be treated. OCLC locates eight copies. OCLC 10465816. hardcover books
181423532Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman 1814. 10 2 blank pp. Folded untrimmed uncut. Two pinholes in blank left margin lightly tanned and foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> An unsophisticated copy of this plea by landowners in the Yazoo area of Mississippi Territory for federal assistance in quieting titles to land that they purchased from Spain. Others had been granted the same land by England during the prior British ownership of the Territory. The Report explains the history of the Spanish and British claims to the area and lists the British grants of land filed with the register of the land office. <br/>AI 33474 5. Printed by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
1800WRCAM26395Philadelphia 1800. 3pp. Dbd. Very good. The government refuses to allow land to be appropriated in Mississippi for "clergyman and seminaries of learning and such like purposes" because of the "unsettled condition of claims to lands." EVANS 38892. unknown books
191041493McComb City MS: Hays the Printer 1910. Vol. iv no. 1 January 1910. 8vo. 8 pp. Ads. Original printed tan wrappers stapled. Very good. This issue only of the 'house organ' for Hays the Printer a printing and ad-writing company in McComb City. Extensive descriptions for all of the company's services with examples of recently filled orders. Not recorded on OCLC by the NUC or in UNION LIST OF SERIALS. <br/><br/> Hays, the Printer unknown books
187825697Cincinnati OH: Peter G. Thomson Arcade Book Store 1878. 3 1 blank pp. folded printed in red green black and gilt. Front of invitation ornately decorated in gilt and colored ink with several fancy typesettings and decorative banners. Second page contains the list of officers printed within a gilt border in the shape of a cross. Third page contains names of committee members printed within a gilt border. Two horizontal folds very short split at edge of one fold no text loss. Very attractive and Very Good.<br/><br/> Several members had served in the Confederate Army. E.C. Carroll was an owner of the Vicksburg Sentinel and the President of the Board of Directors of the Merchant's National Bank in Vicksburg. Frederic Speed was an officer of this Lodge. and an Honorary 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason. He was involved in the great explosion of the ship Sultana at the end of the Civil War which resulted in the deaths of over 1700 Union prisoners of war. The steamship had been overloaded to several times the ship's capacity in an effort to make as much money as possible from the $5 per prisoner rate paid by the government. Speed was indicted and found guilty; the verdict was reversed by Brig. Gen. Joseph Holt on the ground that Speed's involvement was remote. <br/> Officers listed: Sir Wm. A. Fairchild P.E.C. Prelate; Sir H.W. Bowen Treasurer; Sir W.G. Paxton Eminent Commander; Sir. Wm. French Generalissimo; Sir F. Speed Captain General; Sir J.W. Powell P.E.C. Recorder; Sir I. Hardy Senior Warden; Sir H. Denio Junior Warden; Sir T.J. Thompson Warder; Sir J.H. Berresford Standard Bearer; Sir. E.P. Jones Sword Bearer; Sir Wm. Murry Sentinel. Committee on Invitation: Sir C.C. Floweree Sir E.C. Carroll Sir W.M. Vosburg Sir L.C. Moore P.E.C. Sir T.G. Birchett P.E.C. Sir W.H. Andrews and Sir M.R. Payne. Reception Committee: Sir J.W. Gray Sir T.J. Harper Sir H. Wilkerson Sir Jas. H. King Sir C.A. Manlove P.E.C. Sir Wm. French Sir W.S. Harris and Sir Simes Coate. Floor Managers: Sir Geo. M. Klein Sir G.G. Manlove Sir W.M. Chamberlain Sir A.G. Russell Sir M.C. Klein Sir S.H. Childress and Sir C.H. Nathan. Peter G. Thomson, Arcade Book Store] unknown books
1801WRCAM36255Washington 1801. 4pp. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript page inscription and early stain in upper outer corner not affecting text. Light offsetting. Else very good. Congressional report declaring that the Mississippi Territory in entitled to elect a delegate to Congress "with the right to debate but not to vote" and that Narsworthy Hunter has been duly elected to serve in that capacity in the Seventh Congress. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1539. unknown books
181714725Washington 1817. 7 1 blank pp. Disbound Very Good. The Convention had sought admission as a single State rather than division in two. But the Territory is so vast with so much uncultivated "wilderness" that the Committee worries whether "the whole Territory is capable of such a strong population as ever to render it a formidable State compared with the largest sized of the northern middle and western States." A chart is provided with data on the quantity of land sold in Mississippi Territory from the opening of the land offices on September 30 1816. FIRST EDITION. AI 42725 2. unknown books
187032897Jackson: W.W. Gates & Co. 1870. 16mo. 15 1 pp. Stitched in original printed and lightly worn wrappers. Very Good.<br/><br/> The By-Laws of Jackson Council No. 13 are printed at pages 12-15. Page 16 prints a list of eight "Officers for 1870" and 24 Members.<br/>Not located on OCLC as of May 2016. W.W. Gates & Co. unknown books
183231198Franklin County Mississippi 1832. Folio 7.5" x 13". 4 pp folded. Completely in ink manuscript docketed on final page. Minor edgewear old folds. The writing on either side of each leaf is visible from the other side making the document difficult to read. Wax seal in interior blank margin of third page. Several small wormholes along one fold several letters affected. Signed on behalf of the plaintiff by an attorney with the surname of Stuart. Overall Good. <br/><br/> Claibourn Read 1807-1845 and Thomas Lassiter 1772-1844 were related by marriage Read having married Lassiter's daughter Nancy 1805-1865 in 1826. Duncan Magee c.1799-1890 was the son of Willis Magee 1763-1827 one of the first settlers of Franklin County and father of Judge Thomas A. Magee1822-1891 after whom a cemetery was named in 1878. Gabriel Scott may have been related to the Magee family as Duncan's mother was Asha Scott Magee. unknown books
183630108Natchez Mississippi: Printed at the Mississippi Free Trader office 1836. Small broadside 2.5" x 6.5". Printed document completed in manuscript. Signed by C.W. Lancaster as Tax Collector. Mounted in cardboard frame. Very Good. Printed at the Mississippi Free Trader office unknown books
181211748MAY 29 1812. Washington: Way. 1812. 4pp bound in attractive modern quarter calf and marbled boards. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Committee attempts to cure the uncertain status of land titles that resulted from the Spanish evacuation of the Mississippi Territory. "Many persons holding lands" under Spanish authority "who were either ignorant of the transfer of the country to the United States or of any legal defect in their titles neglected to obtain patents for their lands" although under Spanish law they had evidently perfected their titles. The Committee recommends respecting those titles especially as "the claims are generally for small tracts of land and in many instances the lands have been inhabited and cultivated for a number of years." <br/>AI 27326 2. Not in Eberstadt Decker. Way. unknown books
180023526Philadelphia 1800. 2 leaves printed on rectos only disbound. A couple of small tears to blank upper margin else Very Good. Burling et al owners of land in the Mississippi Territory claimed title to their property derived from Spanish land grants. They seek an Act of Congress confirming their title; but the Committee presents an unfavorable report since Burling's request would interfere with the recent Act of Congress to fix Georgia's boundary establish a government for the Mississippi Territory and settle title to conflicting land claims. A scarce imprint. Evans 38894. NAIP w025688 3. unknown books
1805WRCAM31619Washington 1805. 4pp. Dbd. Small tear in upper corner of final leaf not affecting text else near fine. This memorial requests a change in the rules for electing representatives to the Mississippi territorial government asking that the requirement that eligible voters own fifty acres of land be dropped. OCLC locates only four copies; Shaw & Shoemaker add two more. Scarce. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9608. OCLC 19637878. unknown books