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1839WRCAM31975Washington Ms 1839. Broadside 15 1/2 x 13 inches. Separated at vertical center fold. Slight chipping at edges. Light tanning and dampstaining. Good. A prospectus for Jefferson College providing course information and names of professors most notably Jacob Ammen who was a West Pointer teacher of military engineering and eventually lieutenant colonel in the 12th Ohio Volunteers under McClellan. A key point is the argument that the local boys must be kept close to home and away from the evil influence of the abolitionists of the North. Wales writes: <br> <br> "At this very moment a formidable contest has commenced between North and South from the possible results of which the eye of the patriot instinctively revolts.it surely becomes us to preserve our children from any influence that might mislead their judgement or weaken their patriotism. To do this effectively WE MUST KEEP THEM AT HOME!" <br> <br> Good evidence of defending regional education in the antebellum South. Rare with only three copies located by OCLC at the University of Virginia the Clements Library and the American Antiquarian Society. HUMMEL SOUTHEASTERN BROADSIDES 1088. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 56588. 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
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
186035027Hinds County Miss. 1860. Folio three sheets attached end to end 7 1/4" x 31". First two sheets white and unlined third sheet blue and lined. Completely in ink manuscript. The top section is an "Account of Sale of the Balance of Estate of Wm. B. Mower." the second is "Copy of Notice of Executors Sale" with certification at bottom by Justice of the Peace J.W. Welborn that the notice was posted by Robert P. Paris in two public places. The third attests to the posting of the notice. Other names mentioned within this document are G.H. Jones R.P. & C. Parish Clerk. Signed at end by S.J. Thigpen as Clerk of the Probate Court. <br/><br/> William B. Mower 1810-1860 was born in New York. He worked as a saddler in Hinds County and owned at least eight slaves by 1850 as noted in the U.S. Federal Census Slave Schedule. Justice of the Peace Johnson W. Welborne 1824-1872 was a merchant and planter in Clinton Hinds County. At one time he owned about 2000 acres of land and 90 slaves. He was a Trustee of the Central Female Institute of Clinton as of 1871 and the Mississippi College in Clinton. During the Civil War he was Captain of the Mississippi College Rifles Company E 18th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers C.S.A. He received a wound to his neck on October 21 1861 during the Battle of Ball's Bluff.<br/> Clerk S.J. Thigpen was likely Samuel James Thigpen 1833-1884. A Samuel Thigpen was elected as judge of the probate court of Rowland Hinds County Mississippi during the 1859 elections. Olsen: POLITICAL CULTURE AND SECESSION IN MISSISSIPPI. 2002 page 107 accessed at Google books on 6/11/2018. unknown books
184411435Washington: Blair & Rives pr. 1844. 8vo. 2 p. <br><br>The Mississippians urge their senators and congressmen "zealously and perservingly" to bring about the annexation of Texas immediately and indissolubly. Government document: 28th Cong. 1st sess. H.R. Doc. 189. Removed from a nonce volume. Good condition. Blair & Rives, pr. unknown books
182263107Columbia MS 1822. Oblong folio 7 5/8 x 12 3/8 inches. Partly printed broadside document headlined "The State of Mississippi / To all who shall see these presents greeting / followed by 14 printed lines with spaces left for appropriate material to be entered by manuscript in this case appointees name and position place of execution date and officials' signatures. Leake a native of Virginia served in the Revolutionary War and in the state legislature moving to the Mississippi Territory in 1807 when appointed judge by Thomas Jefferson; following Mississippi's admission to statehood he was appointed one of its first two senators taking a seat of the state's supreme court following his resignation from the senate in 1820 and was elected governor in 1821 assuming office in January 1822. During his two terms Leake oversaw the beginning of a major road system arranged for the transfer of land to support a state university and signed a law abolishing imprisonment for debt among other achievements. Grimball was the second Secretary of State for Mississippi serving 1821-1833. Columbia served as capital of Mississippi for a about 18 months 1821-1822 before Jackson became its permanent site. Somewhat browned but very good. Previously folded. A scarce early Mississippi state document. 9863. <br/><br/> 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
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
1892181841892. Mississippi River Commission print. 1892. Original printed wrappers worn spine shorn re-attached 83pp. Good. unknown books
186927439Vicksburg 1869. 3 1 blank pp. Folded. Toned old folds with a short closed margin tear. Title printed within a border. Good. Signed in ink by Brevet Major John Tyler Aide-de-Camp and Acting Assistant Adjutant General. <br/><br/> The pamphlet lists Staff Officers Quartermasters at the Vicksburg Depot and Commanding Officers of troops stationed at Vicksburg Jackson Natchez Grenada Columbus Corinth Holly Springs and Lauderdale. Rare.<br/>See OCLC 48113898 1- NYPL. 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
1835WRCAM31221Grand Gulf Ms 1835. 4pp. Folio newspaper. Minor fold lines light browning. Institutional deaccession stamp in lower margin. Contemporary ownership signature in right margin. Very good. An early issue of this scarce Mississippi newspaper. Edited by W.M. Smyth publication of the GRAND GULF ADVERTISER began on Feb. 17 1834 and continued to 1839 after which it became known as the WEEKLY GRAND GULF ADVERTISER. The bulk of the present issue is comprised of Andrew Jackson's Dec. 7 1835 address to both houses of Congress. Jackson touches on Spain's internal conflicts political unrest in South America and the abandonment of an Indian policy rooted in engagement. A wealth of advertisements occupy the verso of the last leaf. EBERSTADT 135:543. OCLC 10134360. unknown books
186927533Jackson Miss. 1869. Special Orders No.75. 3 1 blank pages. Two leaves separated and lightly spotted. Good.<br/><br/> Mississippi's Reconstruction occurred under military rule. As evidenced by these Special Orders the military authorities appointed and removed Justices of the Peace members of the Board of Police and other officers normally elected by the people or appointed by civil authorities. unknown books
186927316Jackson Miss. 1869. Ten Special Orders May 6-8 10 12-18 1869. Each 2-4 pages. Special Orders Nos. 93 94 95 96 98 99 100 101 102 103. Several manuscript emendations. Each signed in type and manuscript at the end by William Atwood Aide-de-Camp and Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Light wear light spotting Very Good.<br/><br/> Mississippi's Reconstruction occurred under military rule. As evidenced by these Special Orders the military authorities appointed and removed Justices of the Peace members of the Board of Police Marshals Constables District Attorneys Clerks County Treasurers Mayors and other officers normally elected by the people or appointed by civil authorities. unknown books
185323122Jackson: Thomas Palmer Printer 1853. 55 1 blank pp. Disbound with scattered foxing else Very Good. <br/><br/> The court held the State of Mississippi liable for the payment of a State Bond payable to the order of the directors of the Mississippi Union Bank. The bond executed under seal by Mississippi's Governor and Treasurer had been issued in accordance with a statute pledging the State's credit to secure loans to the Mississippi Union Bank. But Mississippi refused to pay claiming that the bond had been issued irregularly and that the governing Act had been passed unconstitutionally. The Court rejects these defenses after examining the statute and its purposes the State Constitution and the business of the Bank.<br/>Sabin 49545. OCLC records nine locations under two accession numbers as of June 2019. Not in Marke Harv. Law Cat. Owen Cohen. Thomas Palmer, Printer unknown books
1817WRCAM49718Washington 1817. 267pp. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards. Minor toning. Very good. Three government documents concerning the admission of Mississippi as a state. It includes a census of the population of the territory enumerating both white and black free and slave residents. It also recommends that the territory be split into two regions - "The geographical position of this Territory may render it necessary that its military defences should be more combined than would at all times be practicable in two distinct sovereignties." The result would be the state of Mississippi in 1817 and the separated Alabama Territory. 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
185737204Claiborne County MS 1857. 4to. 4 pp entirely in ink manuscript. Signed with a flourish by the Clerk Dan McDougall and the Deputy Sheriff G.R. Girault.<br/><br/> Daniel McDougall 1813-1863 born in Schenectady migrated to Port Gibson Claiborne County. He was appointed Clerk of the Claiborne County Circuit Court in 1853 and served as such until his death. Colonel George Rogers Girault c.1815-1857 also of Port Gibson was a farmer owning 11 slaves as of 1850 and was also a County Deputy Sheriff. He died two months after this writ was issued. <br/> Stanhope Posey c.1813-1859 full name John Stanhope Posey a Wilkinson County lawyer owned 38 slaves as of the 1850 census. He was elected District Attorney of the Third District of Mississippi in 1839 and a Judge of the First Judicial District Circuit Court in 1845. We don't know who "Everett a Slave" was or what happened to him. We can guess that a jury of slaveholders was not sympathetic to him. 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
1864WRCAM53487Selma Al 1864. 256pp. 20th-century buckram spine gilt lettered. Light wear to cloth. Foxing and tanning. Good. Civil War-era state laws passed by the Mississippi legislature. The two parts of the session were held before and after the Vicksburg campaign during which Jackson fell to the Union and necessitated a change in venue. The ongoing war in the state also suggests a likely cause for these acts to have been printed in Alabama. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 3294. hardcover books
1865WRCAM31892Meridian Ms.: J.J. Shannon & Co. 1865. 71pp. Contemporary printed wrappers. Spine nearly perished moderate wear to wrappers. Minor foxing. Overall very good. The laws of Mississippi passed at a special session during the final year of the Civil War issued a month before the final collapse of the Confederacy. Laws treat the appropriation of funds for soldiers' families special taxes to support the war effort and sundry mundane duties such as acts of incorporation for various parties. Scarce. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 3297. OCLC 7189433. J.J. Shannon & Co. unknown books
1861WRCAM31893Jackson Ms.: E. Barksdale 1861. 7186pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. Minor creasing of rear wrapper. Old institutional stamp on upper inner corner of front wrapper. Moderate foxing. Very good. The laws of Mississippi passed at a special session at the beginning of the Civil War ending in September 1861. Laws treat the incorporation of military training at the state university the administration of funds from the sale of runaway slaves and responses to sundry petitions for relief. Scarce. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 3292. OCLC 5869036. E. Barksdale unknown books
185232118Jackson: Palmer & Pickett 1852. pp 3 vii-xvi 219pp. Bound in later buckram institutional bookplate. Title and certification leaves reinforced with some creasing. Lightly toned some spotting. About Good.<br/>Babbitt 266. Palmer & Pickett unknown books
186512930Meridian Miss.: J.J. Shannon. 1865. 71 1 blank pp.Disbound lacks printed wrappers. Moderately foxed. Good. <br/><br/> One of the last Mississippi confederate imprints. Among its Acts are the emancipation of the "male slave Loyd" for his bravery on the field of battle in recovering the body of his mortally wounded master; and an Act authorizing the governor to call out the militia to arrest deserters from the Confederate army; Resolutions urge the return to active duty of General Joseph Johnston and thank Nathan Bedford Forrest for his decision to have stragglers and absentees returned to their commands. <br/>FIRST EDITION. P&W 3297. Crandall 1664. J.J. Shannon. unknown books
1856WRCAM26203Jackson: E. Barksdale State Printer 1856. xvi455pp. Original marbled boards and sheep corners rebacked in modern cloth. Good. Over 200 amendments resolutions and acts ranging from marriage licenses to town charters. Bound in is an unrecorded broadside advocating the "American Ticket" of E.M. Yerger for governor and a ticket of other offices. Printed on blue ruled paper this evidently relates to the election of 1856. It is bound after page 34 of the text. E. Barksdale, State Printer hardcover books
