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1898WRCAM52771Omaha 1898. Broadside approximately 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. Previously folded some separations along old fold lines. Tanned corners slightly chipped. Good. A curious survival from the 1898 Trans- Mississippi Exposition held in Omaha promoting the sale of Mongolian jade carvings at a booth in the International Hall of the fair. The advertisement emphasizes the obscurity of the region of origin "the Chinese population could not understand their Mongolian brothers except through writing" and the convoluted journey of the artwork to America "carried in wicker baskets suspended on a pole resting on the shoulders of two men". "Were it not for the fact that the workers receive but a small daily wage hundreds of dollars would be represented in many of the pieces; as it is it is possible to dispose of them at moderate prices. An opportunity is thus offered to lovers of the curious and the beautiful to secure something entirely new in the art world something too of great artistic merit." unknown books
19071873Southeastern Missouri 1907. About very good. Seventy-six silver gelatin photographs on twenty grey card leaves each image approximately 3.75 x 2.25 inches. Square grey cloth album string-tied. Light wear and soiling to covers. Contemporary ink inscription on front pastedown. Light foxing and soiling to leaves heaviest on first three leaves. Leaves lightly warped. Two images excised. A charming vernacular photograph album depicting life along the Mississippi River in the vicinity of the declining town of Gayoso Missouri. The caption on the front pastedown reads "These pictures made in the year of 1907 by Tom Pierce & Ed Cappoc at Goyaso Mo." Gayoso located on the banks of the Mississippi in the southeasternmost tip of the state was settled in 1799 and incorporated in 1851 as the county seat of Pemiscot County. By 1898 the movement of the river threatened to swamp the town and the county seat was moved to several miles south to Caruthersville. Though the river changed course and briefly spared Gayoso by 1900 its post office closed and today any remnants are buried deep in the silt of the Gayoso Bend Conservation Area. The present images show the town disappearing as the river eats away at large swathes of its surrounding land.<br/><br/>Several of the images depict flooding and high water -- trees standing in water men wading to cut lumber riverbank erosion and one image seems to show a collapsed pier. Other views show boats traveling up and down the Mississippi some ferrying lumber several large paddlewheelers and men poling lumber on rafts. One image shows a horse and buggy on what we presume to be the main street of Gayoso with a storefront visible behind the rig. Many of the images show the hardy folk who are still living in the remains of the dying town -- a woman and child in front of a clapboard house with a rotting porch and crumbling roof; a group of boys and three dogs all laughing in front of a building that may be the schoolhouse; one man apparently giving a haircut to his friend seated in front of some steps high water visible amongst the trees in the background; and several images which show men and boys logging and lumbering some of them standing in waist-high water while they fell doomed stands of trees. The album captures a slice of life on the Mississippi River at the turn of the century with all its attendant hardships commercial opportunities and dangers. unknown books
1871WRCAM52816Jackson Ms 1871. Twenty-six volumes publication details and pagination provided in the listing below. Mostly uniform 20th-century buckram gilt leather labels. A few labels chipped minor shelf wear. Small ink library stamp to titlepages some with embossed blindstamp some with contemporary ink ownership inscription. Minor foxing some tanning. Good. An interesting collection of mid-19th-century Mississippi state laws from the period between 1831 and 1870. These session laws deal with issues relevant to a growing state in the American south including slavery Mississippi River development and later legal matters related to Reconstruction among a multitude of other concerns. A complete list of the imprints is as follows: <br> <br> 1 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT THE FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Jackson: Peter Isler 1831. 172xviii pp. <br> <br> 2 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT THE SIXTEENTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Jackson: Peter Isler 1833. 252xxv pp. First two leaves chipped with minor loss of text. <br> <br> 3 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Jackson: George R. Fall 1834. 200pp. <br> <br> 4 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; PASSED AT A REGULAR BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Jackson: G.R. & J.S. Fall 1836. 440pp. <br> <br> 5 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT AN ADJOURNED SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Jackson: G.R. & J.S. Fall 1837. 67pp. A photographic facsmile of the original work. <br> <br> 6 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; PASSED AT A REGULAR BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Jackson: B.D. Howard 1838. 4ii-viii9-368pp. <br> <br> 7 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT AN ADJOURNED SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Jackson: B.D. Howard 1839. 491pp. Includes the text of the CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. <br> <br> 8 THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI OF A PUBLIC AND GENERAL NATURE WITH THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. New Orleans: E. Johns & Co. 1840. xii885pp. <br> <br> 9 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Jackson: C.M. Price 1840. 2xii213- 366pp. <br> <br> 10 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT AN ADJOURNED SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Jackson: C.M. Price 1841. 1417-302pp. <br> <br> 11 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Jackson: C.M. Price & G.R. Fall 1842. iii-xvi17-271275-285pp. as printed. <br> <br> 12 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A CALLED SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Jackson: C.M. Price & G.R. Fall 1843. vii9-135pp. <br> <br> 13 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Jackson: C.M. Price & S. Rohrer 1844. xxi25-395pp. <br> <br> 14 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Jackson: C.M. Price & G.R. Fall 1846. 3-2833-6131pp. <br> <br> 15 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: Price & Fall 1848. 584pp. <br> <br> 16 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: Fall & Marshall 1850. 544pp. bound with: LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A CALLED SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: Fall & Marshall 1850. 425-48pp. Lacks the CONSTITUTION pp.5-24. <br> <br> 17 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A CALLED SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: Fall & Marshall 1850. 48pp. A complete copy of the latter work from the previous listing above. <br> <br> 18 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A CALLED SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: Palmer & Pickett 1852. iii-xvi21-219pp. <br> <br> 19 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: Palmer & Pickett 1852. xxviii537pp. <br> <br> 20 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: Barksdale & Jones 1854. iii-xxvi229-613pp. Bottom portion of titlepage chipped costing most of the imprint. <br> <br> 21 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: E. Barksdale 1856. xvi455pp. <br> <br> 22 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT AN ADJOURNED SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: E. Barksdale 1857. 125pp. <br> <br> 23 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: E. Barksdale 1858. 197pp. <br> <br> 24 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: J.J. Shannon 1867. xliv800pp. <br> <br> 25 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PASSED AT A REGULAR SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Jackson: Kimball Raymond & Co. 1870. lxiii704689-720i.e. 736pp. <br> <br> 26 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. 1868. Jackson: E. Stafford 1871. 776pp. OWEN MISSISSIPPI pp.742-745. hardcover books
1996302681996. Softcover. VG. Glossy black patterned wraps. 96 pp. Numerous color plates. Organized by Rene Paul Barilleaux. Introductory essay by Anna Chave. 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
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
1860182fdNew York: Negro Universities Press 1968. Reprint of the 1860 edition. Octavo brown cloth hardcover gilt letters 526 pp. Fine. From Preface: As most of the Letters embraced in this volume were written for the Editor of the late American Courier and appeared therein from time to time the writer therof has not seen fit to alter the local allusions the style of address in the Letters or the appellation of Needles by which they were originally designated. As these Letters were commenced and many of them published before Mrs. Stowe’s Uncle Tom was written its pictures of South-western life have no reference to that work nor were influenced by it. These epistles are not replies to any attacks on the South but a simple representation of Southern life as viewed by an intelligent Northerner whose opinions are frankly and fearlessly given. The object of this work is to do justice to the Southern planter and at the same time afford information in an agreeable form to the Northerner; and if these objects are obtained in any degree the writer inc consenting to its publication as a volume will be fully rewarded. One important fact ought not to be overlooked which is that ninety-nine out of every hundred of the governesses tutors professional men and others who flock to the South ten thousand a year for the improvement of their fortunes remain the young ladies if they can obtain Southern husbands and identify themselves fully with the Southern Institutions. Negro Universities Press, (1968). Reprint of the 1860 edition. hardcover 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
184528130Claiborne County MS 1845. Folio manuscript broadside 8" x 13" in a neat legible hand. With a detailed plat drawing at head. Lightly tanned and worn. Small corner tear costing a couple of letters. A few expert tape repairs to fold splits no text loss. Good. <br/><br/> The document shows several tracts along Kennison's Bayou which is likely what is now known as Kennison Creek running between Bayou Pierre River and Big Black River. Kennison's Creek was the site of a Civil War skirmish on May 3 1863 between Grant's Union forces and Bowen's Confederate forces. <br/> The 1850 Federal Census for District #3 of Claiborne Mississippi lists James A. Hutchinson as a planter aged 53 born in Georgia; and Wm. Dotson as a planter aged 55 born in South Carolina. Dotson Hutchinson Turpin and Shelby were all listed in the 1850 Federal Slave Schedules as owning slaves with Hutchinson and Turpin each owning more than thirty such. Shelby and Dotson are also listed in the Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Database as having served with the 1st Regiment Mississippi during the War. unknown books
187732913Copiah County MS 1877. Broadside 4-1/4" x9-1/4". Illustration of American Screaming Eagle at head of title. Light wear Very Good.<br/> <br/> The unrecorded and probably unique political ticket is from Copiah County Mississippi: the candidates on the underticket-- Sheriff County Treasurer Assessor and Surveyor-- were all from Copiah County. They won the election. <br/> Mississippi Republicans-- whom white Mississippians viewed as pariahs-- did not nominate a candidate for governor in 1877. The contest was between the regular Democrats who nominated John M. Stone for governor and old-timer Albert Gallatin Brown who had been Mississippi's governor a generation earlier. Brown was nominated by the People's Party Mississippi's brief experiment with Populism. He lost overwhelmingly to Stone. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that the election results showed "that the Radicals have lost all their influence" and that "several negroes who last year voted the Radical ticket this year voted with the Democrats." The Times-Picayune Friday Aug. 31 1877 page 2 and Sunday Nov. 11 1877 page 11. <br/> Brown 1813-1880 had been Governor Congressman U.S. Senator and Confederate Senator. He had been an integral part of Mississippi politics for nearly forty years. Kinloch Kinlock Falconer 1838-1878 was a lawyer from Holly Springs editor of the Holly Springs Reporter and one time mayor. During the Civil War he served with the 9th Regiment Mississippi Infantry and was assigned to General Bragg's headquarters. He was Secretary of the State in 1878 and died that year during the Holly Springs yellow fever epidemic. <br/> Silvester Gwin 1830-1891 of Lawrence County was Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County before winning the Auditor's position. During the Civil War he was Captain of Co. A 22nd Mississippi Infantry. William L. Hemingway 1839-1925 of Hinds County was 2d Lieut. of Co. K 11th Mississippi Infantry. He held the position of Mississippi State Treasurer from 1875-1890. In 1890 he was tried on charges of embezzlement when he was unable to account for a shortage of over $315000. He was found guilty and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary.<br/> Thomas C. Catching Catchings 1847-1927 of Hinds County Mississippi joined the Confederate Army in 1861; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and was a perennial politician. 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
2000181961Trust for Museum Exhibition 2000-06-01. Paperback. Very Good. 2000 Paperback. Clean has a good binding the pages are crisp and free of markings/notations. lz Trust for Museum Exhibition paperback 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
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
18681909940th Cong. 2d Sess.: HED247. 1868. 10pp. Disbound. Caption-title as issued. Very Good. HED247. unknown books
187872631878. 41pp 3 large folding charts. Very Good. unknown books
172136880London 1721. Together 9 works in one volume octavo. Collations as below. Contemporary panelled calf spine with raised bands red morocco lettering piece.<br/> <br/>Provenance: Nathaniel Thorn engraved bookseller's label; Robert Warner signature dated 1727<br/> <br/>Sammelband of early 18th-century English poetry including works relating to the South Sea Company and the Mississippi Bubble.<br/> <br/>GAY John. The Shepherd's Week. In Six Pastorals. Jacob Thompson 1721. 14 60 4pp. Engraved frontispiece and six plates included in pagination. Without the half-title. Foxon G74; ESTC T13918. GAY John. Two Epistles; One to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington; the other to a Lady. Bernard Lintott 1715. 36pp. Without the final ad leaves. Foxon G88; ESTC T13938. GAY John. The What D'Ye Call It: a Tragi-Comi-Pastoral Farce. Bernard Lintott 1715. 12 41 1pp. Engraved frontispiece. ESTC T13939. GAY John. Trivia: Or the Art of Walking the Streets of London. Bernard Lintott 1716. 4 80 12pp. Title with engraved vignette. Foxon G81; ESTC T13930. RAMSAY Allan. Wealth or the Woody: A Poem on the South-Sea . second edition corrected. T. Jauncy 1720. 18 11-23 1pp. Foxon R107; ESTC T140396. AMHURST Nicholas. An Epistle with a Petition in it to Sir John Blunt Bart. one of the Directors of the South-Sea Company . The second edition. R. Francklin 1720. 18 2pp. Half-title. With only one of three ad leaves in the rear. Foxon A197; ESTC T94046; Goldsmiths' 5715. RAMSAY Allan. Patie and Roger: A Pastoral in the Scots Dialect. J. Pemberton 1720. vii 1 23 1pp. Foxon R77; ESTC N11180. BOCKETT Elias. Yea and Nay Stock-Jobbers or the 'Change-Alley Quakers Anatomiz'd. In a Burlesque Epistle to a Friend at Sea. J. Roberts A. Dodd & J. Billingsly 1720. 32pp. Half-title. Foxon B308; ESTC T109160; Kress S.2846. CENTLIVRE Susanna. A Woman's Case: in a Epistle to Charles Joye Esq. Deputy-Governor of the South-Sea by Mrs Cent-Livre. E. Curll 1720. 4 13 1 2pp. Half-title and a final advertisement leaf. Foxon C97; ESTC N24952; Kress S.2857. 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
181536029Washington City: Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. . . . Roger C. Weightman 1815. 8vo 21 cm; 8.375". 4 pp. <br><br>This resolution dated 27 December 1814 with a print date of 21 January 1815 expresses the Mississippi territory's outrage at British demands during negotiations to end the War of 1812 probably in relation to Great Britain's desire to travel freely on the Mississippi River. "We prefer a sacrifice of our lives and fortunes to the surrender of our rights or our national dignity. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 36405. Removed from a nonce volume; some very minor chipping around edges. Pencilling on title-page. Second and fourth page blank. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. . . . Roger C. Weightman unknown books
1844154111844. 28th Cong. 1st Sess. Senate. No. 75. 1844. 60pp Disbound. Very Good. 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
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
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
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
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
