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1875172331875. 5 1 blank pp folding map disbound loosened. Worn edges some chipping of corners with no text loss. Light tanning. Good. unknown books
1878726245th Cong. 2d Sess.: SED95. 1878. 52pp 7 folding charts 6 of them quite large. Very Good. SED95. unknown books
18771470144TH Cong. 2d Sess.: HED41. 1877. 67pp Disbound. Very Good. HED41. unknown books
187872631878. 41pp 3 large folding charts. Very Good. unknown books
18681909940th Cong. 2d Sess.: HED247. 1868. 10pp. Disbound. Caption-title as issued. Very Good. HED247. unknown books
1892181841892. Mississippi River Commission print. 1892. Original printed wrappers worn spine shorn re-attached 83pp. Good. unknown books
188436643Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1884. Second edition. Cloth. A very good copy spine ends worn boards rubbed plates fine and quite uncommonly except for two small marginal tears without blemish. 2407-2901 pp. i.e 494 pp. plates. Illus. with 61 folding b/w plates 3 other plates and occasional in-text drawings. 8vo. Published first as part of "48th Congress 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc.; No. 37." [U.S.] Government Printing Office hardcover 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
188136639Saint Louis: Great Western Printing Co. 1881. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy extremities worn front hinge starting foxing to endpapers and fore edge presentation stamp on title. 244 pp. 8vo. "Together with a Memorial to Congress prepared by the Committee of Twenty-One as Authorized by the Convention." Gift copy with stamp reading: "Compliments of George L. Wright Secretary" who ran the meeting. Great Western Printing Co. hardcover books
185964413Chicago IL: Press and Tribune Print 1859. First edition. 8vo. 203 51 pp. Folding plate tables. "On the question of whether the railroad bridge from Rock Island Illinois to Davenport Iowa was a hazard to the navigation of the Mississippi River" OCLC. "James Ward a St. Louis steamboat owner filed a bill praying that the bridge be declared a nuisance and ordered removed; in 1866 Congress finally passed an act requiring that the bridge be replaced by another half the cost to be paid by the United States" "The Mississippi River: St. Louis' Friend or Foe" by James Lemly Cambridge U. Press online. Drop-title: "District Court United States. Southern District of Iowa. James Ward vs. Mississippi & Missouri Railroad Company." Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints 413: "Not located title from Heartman Cat. No. 187 June 1926 No. 300." OCLC locates eight copies New York Public Yale Chicago History Museum Harvard-Baker Missouri-St. Louis Cincinnati/Hamilton County Public Library of Congress Newberry. Very good. Original printed olive wrappers some soiling lacking rear wrapper rebacked with archival paper. 10747. <br/><br/> Press and Tribune Print unknown books
1882JC111661882. Hardcover. Very Good. Mottled black cloth backed in ornately gilt-ruled black calf; oblong 184 x 132 mm; contains 25 pencil drawings most of them titled and dated. It includes Fort Snelling; Minnehaha Falls; Oak Drive in White Bear Lake; a boat on White Bear Lake; St. Anthony's Falls in Minneapolis; Lake Minnetonka; Wabasha St. Bridge; an Old Brewery in St. Paul; Shanty-ville; Shelter Island New York; Goat Island; plus 3 portraits a bonfire scene and other views of the upper Mississippi River Niagara Falls and St. Paul Minnesota. Boards detached and spine perished; a few leaves loose and laid-in. Skilled work most of it on one side of the leaf therefore removable and suitable for display. <br/><br/>Harley DeWitt Nichols 1859-1939 was born in Barton Wisconsin. He began his education in art as early as 11 years of age. His first job putting his talent and training to use came in the form of an apprenticeship with the Milwaukee firm Marr & Richards where he stayed for 3 years drawing and engraving on wood. The subsequent years included many moves from Milwaukee to Chicago and later to New York where he studied at ASL and was encouraged by Professor Packard to pursue a career as an illustrator at a European school. Nichols left for Munich in October 1885 to attend the Royal Academy where he studied under Heckel became a member of the American Club and socialized with Carl von Marr the clubs president. He went to London for a little while and worked as an illustrator. By 1893 hed returned to New York working mostly in advertising and illustrating for Harpers Weekly and Century magazines. He helped organize the New York Water Color Club. Nichols didnt curb his parapatetic lifestyle until he moved to Laguna Beach California in 1894. The art community in Los Angeles was in its infancy but he got a teaching job at the Echo Mountain summer school and he was inspired by the scenery of Yosemite Monterey San Juan Capistrano and other locations in southern California. He stayed in Laguna Beach until his death in 1939. hardcover books
1860348981860. Folio sheet folded to 7-1/2" x 9-3/4". Manuscript on first and final pages interior pages blank. Docketed on final page with certification by Joshua Stanford Justice of the Peace on August 20 1856; filed and recorded January1859. Old folds light tanning with a few small spots. Very Good.<br/> 2 "KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT HIRAM STEWART OF THE COUNTY AND STATE ABOVE TEN DOLLARS AND THE LOVE GOOD WILL AND AFFECTION WHICH I HAVE FOR MY BELOVED SON HAMPTON S. STEWART. CERTAIN LOT OF NEGRO SLAVES. VIZ A NEGRO MAN NAMED FRANK AGED ABOUT SIXTEEN YEARS GEORGE AGED ABOUT THIRTY NINE WOMAN LETTICE AGED ABOUT FORTY YEARS MAN NELSON AGED ABOUT THIRTY SEVEN YEARS BOY MINGO AGED ABOUT SIX YEARS BOY HENRY AGED ABOUT FIVE YEARS HENRY AGED ABOUT FOUR YEARS JACOB ABOUT TWO YEARS OF AGE. October 16 1859. Signed HIRAM STEWART Witnessed B.H. HUMPHREY GEORGE W. MOODY AND H.H. ASKEW. Folio broadsheet 8" x 12 1/2". 2 pp. Completely in ink manuscript blue paper blindstamp seal of the Marion County Probate Court. Certified by John Moody Justice of the Peace October 19 1859. Certification of receipt and filing by J.P. Ramis Clerk of the Probate Court March 29 1860. Minor edgewear old folds with a few short splits at fold ends no text loss. Very Good.<br/><br/> Hiram Stewart Jr. 1801- 1861 was the husband of Frances Bounds and father of Hampton Sullivan Stewart 1829-1862. Hampton Stewart was born in Mississippi and was a Private in Company A of the 21st Louisiana Infantry Confederate States Army. The 21st Infantry Regiment was mustered into Confederate service in February 1862. unknown books
183231197Franklin County MS 1832. Folio 7.75" x 12.25". 4 pp folded entirely in manuscript. The writing on either side of the first leaf is visible from the other side but everything is legible. Oneal's Complaint appears on the first two pages and on five lines of page three where it is signed by his lawyer. A nine-line summary of the case in different handwriting is also on page 3. Page 4 contains defendant's scribbled answer by his attorney R.W. Webber; an accounting of the costs incurred in the case; a notation of defendant's verdict; attorneys' signatures; and docketing information. Age toned old folds several small holes along top fold loss of a few words. Signatures of attorneys appear on final page on panel with defendant's answer. Good or so.<br/> <br/> John Cade 1788-1839 lived in Franklin County. The parties were probably local farmers. Richard W. Webber c.1798-1843 Cade's lawyer was born in Virginia and settled in Franklin County. A Whig and State representative he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1830. He was for a time the editor of the Jackson Independent Journal. JOURNAL OF MISSISSIPPI HISTORY Vol. 7 Page 148; and Volume 21-22 Page 34. 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
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
1800WRCAM35085Philadelphia: Published by order of the House of Representatives 1800. 14pp. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Very good untrimmed and partially unopened. Report from the House of Representatives regarding a petition for change of government in the Mississippi Territory. The Congress has resolved to defer the institution of changes until the population of the Territory has reached or exceeded five thousand free male inhabitants. Includes two pieces of correspondence from Naseworthy Hunter a fellow petitioner of Cato West to the Congress in early February. EVANS 38817. Published by order of the House of Representatives 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
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
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
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
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
181426463Mississippi Territory 1814. Broadside injunction oblong 11.5" x 7.25". Printed with names dates and details in manuscript. The signature 'Theodore Stark' appears in the left margin. Theodore Stark was a notary in the Mississippi Territory. Tanned light wear Very Good.<br/><br/> This is a rare legal writ from the Superior Court in the early Mississippi Territory. The writ prohibits Morgan from proceeding with a suit to recover possession of a house and lot from Terrell and Isler. Judge Walter Leake from whose court the writ issued became Mississippi's U.S. Senator from 1817-20 and Governor from 1822-1825. The first settler of Mt. Salus he owned at least two dozen slaves according to census reports. <br/> Brigadier General Morgan whom the court enjoined from prosecuting the suit would command the 'Brigade of Louisiana and Mississippi Drafted Militia' during the Battle of New Orleans. His co-defendant Edward Turner a lawyer was Aide-de-Camp and private secretary to Governor Claiborne of the Mississippi Territory. <br/> Peter Isler who was in possession of the house and lot was a printer to the Mississippi Territory and later to the State. He established the Mississippi Republican newspaper in 1810. Richard Terrell of Adams County is listed in the Mississippi and Territory Census of 1816 as owning twelve slaves. unknown books
1801WRCAM35410Washington 1801. 16pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards spine gilt. Very light foxing. Near fine. A very early work on Mississippi territorial law printed in Washington in 1801 and containing ten laws that were eventually published "by order of the House of Representatives" after some local controversy over their content. The laws from the second half of 1799 range in subject matter from distempered cattle to divorce. These were added to the twenty-five laws already passed by the territorial legislature. The House of Representatives published this volume to assist in the "enquiry into the official conduct of Winthrop Sargent governor of the Mississippi territory" p.1. Thomas Jefferson removed Sargent from office later that year. SABIN 49519. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1515. LC MISSISSIPPI. A SESQUICENTENNIAL OF STATEHOOD 1967 60. GOODSPEED 141:351 161:683. hardcover 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