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183625610Jackson Mi.: G.R. & J.S. Fall State Printers 1836. Contemporary plain wrappers worn stitched. viii 9-440pp. Early and late leaves foxed tanned. Else light scattered foxing. Good.<br/><br/> These early Mississippi laws treat a variety of subjects including banking incorporation police courts internal improvements voluntary associations state and local government. One Resolve urges the non-slaveholding States to prevent abolitionists "from associating plotting or conspiring to undermine disturb or abolish our institution of domestic slavery." A detailed Index is included.<br/>AI 39009 5. G.R. & J.S. Fall, State Printers unknown books
184127529Jackson: G.M. Price State Printer 1841. Contemporary plain pale pink wrappers worn at extremities and spine stitched. 302pp. Early leaves with a margin spot. Clean text. Very Good. <br/><br/> This collection of the Laws prints Mississippi's Constitution of 1832 which replaced the original Constitution of 1817 and which governed Mississippi until Reconstruction. The Laws include a detailed Table of Contents and Index with Laws and Resolutions on fugitive slaves banking corporations police courts internal improvements voluntary associations state and local government. <br/>AI 41-3563 5. G.M. Price, State Printer unknown books
1880174631880. 3 1 blank pp folding map. Very Good. unknown books
18911746751st Cong. 2d Sess.: HMD127. 1891. 72 4 blank pp disbound. Tanning. Good to Very Good. HMD127. unknown books
1811WRCAM31622Washington 1811. 4pp. on. folded quarto sheet string-tied. Folded edge a bit rough. Near fine. One of Mississippi's first attempts at statehood. "It and other attempts.were unsuccessful largely because of the interruption of the War of 1812 and because agreement could not be reached over the question of whether or not to divide the Territory" - Library of Congress. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 24203. LC MISSISSIPPI EXHIBITION 82. OCLC 10311395. unknown books
1824WRCAM31617Washington: Gales & Seaton 1824. 3pp. Dbd. Minute edge wear. Small one-inch tear near head of spine. Very good. An impassioned petition from Cowles Mead of the Mississippi legislature imploring Congress to affirm its claim to land opposite the Tombigbee River. In the memorial Mead challenges Alabama's claim to the land and argues that the territory might be more appealing if it were enlarged through two proposed purchases of land from the Chickasaw Indians. Scarce. Gales & Seaton 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
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
18969359Meridian Miss.: Murphey & Farmer 1896. 31pp foldout statistical table stitched original printed wrappers old rubberstamp. Lightly foxed and worn Good. An accounting of the doings of the Session with "ordained ministers and their post-offices" licentiates "tabulated statement of facts and figures" data on each church in the Chickasahay Association Reports on Home Missions Foreign Missions Ministerial Education the Mississippi Baptist Association State Missions Woman's Work Sunday Schools Temperance. FIRST EDITION. Not in Owen or NUC. Murphey & Farmer unknown books
19019425Macon Miss.: D.C. Ferris 1901. 8 2 pp folding table. Original staples and printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Lightly soiled and tanned old rubberstamp date. Good. An accounting of the doings of the Session with various reports the Articles of Faith and statistical data. FIRST EDITION.Not in Owen. D.C. Ferris 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
1811WRCAM31624Washington 1811. 6pp. Dbd. Near fine. The committee finds that for reasons of population commerce and the integrity of the Union statehood should be encouraged for Mississippi. They resolve that a constitutional convention be called in the territory as a necessary step to statehood. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 24270. OCLC 27967980. unknown 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
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
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
1844154111844. 28th Cong. 1st Sess. Senate. No. 75. 1844. 60pp Disbound. Very Good. unknown books
1803WRCAM31621Washington 1803. 6pp. Dbd. Near fine. The memorialists appeal to the U.S. Congress for assistance in resolving their difficulties with the Spanish government regarding the deposit of merchandise at the port of New Orleans. In December 1802 the Spanish governor at New Orleans had revoked the right of deposit granted by Pinckney's Treaty. The issue was one of the motivating factors in the conclusion of the Louisiana Purchase a few months later. OCLC locates three copies; Shaw and Shoemaker add two more. Scarce. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 5479. OCLC 31333742. 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
184032117New Orleans: E. Johns & Co. Stationers' Hall verso of title page: Printed by T.K. and P.G. Collins Philadelphia 1840. xii 885 pp with the half title. A very clean text with minor exceptions. Bound in worn contemporary sheep hinges starting spine chipped institutional bookplate on front pastedown institutional rubberstamp on title page. Else Very Good.<br/><br/> The origins of the State of Mississippi are recounted in the printing of the Cession from Georgia the Act admitting Mississippi into the Union and the Act establishing its northern boundary. The complete set of laws organized by subject and the constitutions of the United States and the State of Mississippi with a detailed Slave Code and other subjects are printed. <br/>Jumonville 1156 noting that it is "not a New Orleans imprint". Sabin 33282. OCLC records mostly Kirtas Technologies reprints. E. Johns & Co. Stationers' Hall [verso of title page: Printed by T.K. and P.G. Collins, Philadelphia] unknown books
1820WRCAM25515Adams County Mississippi 1820. Printed form 12 3/4 x 8 inches. Old crease marks bit tanned. Overall quite good. Manuscript note on verso: "Mr. Forvor " An unused printed court form issued for the Circuit Court of Adams County Mississippi. unknown books
184834983Hinds County MS 1848. Folio 8" x 13" blue unlined paper completely in ink manuscript. Very Good. <br/><br/> In addition to the slaves the inventory lists many household items The verso is a sworn statement from C.R. Clifton that he posted notices of the Sale. Attested to and signed by J.T. Aldham as Justice of the Peace. Docketed: "Exhibit B - Administrators Sale/ Filed February 13th 1849 W.H. Hampton Clk."<br/> Col. William Campbell Demoss 1790-1845 born in Virginia owned plantations simultaneously in Madison County Louisiana and Hinds County Mississippi. He was appointed Associate Justice of the Hinds County Court in 1830 elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1833 and was county sheriff. He was a partner in the mercantile firm of A. Coleman & Co. D.M. Dancy was a physician in Raymond Hinds County Mississippi. The Clerk of the Probate Court William H. Hampton was 2nd Lieutenant with the "Raymond Fencibles" Company G of the First Regiment Mississippi Rifles at the Battles of Monterey and Buena Vista during the Mexican American War. Caswell R. Clifton became Judge of the Circuit Court and Clerk of the High Court of Appeals. unknown books
196394753Washington: the Commission 1963. Pamphlet. 33p. wraps ex library newspaper library with stamp on title page and front wrap and one page on police conduct heavily bracketed in ballpoint; else good condition. Cover title - "Report on Mississippi the Commission unknown books
1874249706Jackson Miss: Pilot Publishing Co 1874. First Edition. 8 pp. 8vo. Printed wrappers.Some staining throughout and wear at back cover with some loss. Good copy only. First Edition. 8 pp. 8vo. Union General and Carpebagging military govenor senator and civilian governor of Mississippi. 1874-1876 It was in 1874 he was elected governor and in December there were riots in Vicksburg that started a series of reprisals against many Republican supporters most of them black. This is in part his answer to these riots. 1 copy World Cat Syracuse Univ Pilot Publishing Co unknown books
185331456Davenport: Sanders & Davis 1853. 24pp. Stitched lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> This pamphlet provides "elaborate details of the projected road across the State from Davenport to Council Bluffs" 130 Eberstadt 311. The incorporators included the well known civil engineer John Jervis of New York. <br/>130 Eberstadt 312. Graff 2828. OCLC 11478920 10 as of January 2021. Not in Sabin Moffit Decker or BRE. Sanders & Davis unknown books