Mississipi

1814 · 23532 — Washington 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