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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
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
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
180411324Washington 1804. 8vo. 140 of 156 pp. <br><br>Via this agreement Georgia turned over to the U.S. its claim to land south of Tennessee and west of the "Chatahochie" River for the express purpose of creating the future state of Mississippi. In return it received the sum of $1250000. The new territory would result in the creation of Alabama and Mississippi. A sticking point but ultimately resolved was the problem of land in Georgia set aside for the Creek Indians by a treaty in 1798. It is common to find the Message without its accompanying documents but this copy is complete: p. 1-8: Message. p. 9-28: Report of the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of An Act for the Amicable Settlement of Limits with the States of Georgia . : 29th November 1804; p. 29-140: Documents accompanying the Report of the Commissioners on the Georgia Mississippi Territory Ceded to the United States: Feb. 10 1803. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 7452. Removed from a nonce volume in need of restiching. "Message" separated from the other pages. Lacks text of document L. A good copy. unknown books
53661Folio. 21 pages approximately 3500 words in pencil; accompanied by a letter to the editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal suggesting an effort to organize a Confederate reunion trip to Gettysburg folio two pages approximately 225 words. Poor quality paper very browned and brittle the text quite legible. An affecting personal manuscript memoir written near the turn of the 20th century by a private who served in Co. G. Camden Rifles of the 18th Mississippi Infantry a unit raised in Madison County Mississippi under the command of Col. Erasmus R. Burt mortally wounded at Leesburg in October 1861 and immediately sent to Virginia where it participated in most of the battles of the Army of Northern Virginia. Maxwell includes notes on some of the battles including Bull Run "Captain Adam McWillie was commanding our Co. and was killed. John Tucker Bishop and a number of others wounded and died at Hospital" Leesburg "We fought Gen. Baker killed him and captured all the force but we lost our Col. Burt and I lost one of my schoolmates Johnson Sutherland . H.F. Adams shot and his gun kicked he and I into a ravine close by just at that time Col. Burt was wounded and thought we were too and said boys lets get of the field if we can. He died" Malvern Hill "2 brothers dead . the bros. were Hansetts fell across each other. Baker Barnett & C. Hix was wounded and died at the hospital. we lost heavy but the victory was so complete in the main that Gen. Lee concluded to go into MD" Antietam "I put my hand on Gen. Jacksons foot in the stirrup as sat erect on his horse telling the men who had surrendered what to do. All this would have been grand to me if it had not been for the loss of another dear classmate Thompson Walker who was wounded and died at Charlestown Va." Fredericksburg "the most complete victory Gen. Lee ever won . we were well protected behind a stone fence. We never lost many but we killed dead on the field over 1000 men" Chancellorsville "Gen Hooker concluded he would go to Richmond . history will tell you how he got there" Gettysburg "a private soldier does not see of know much about a fight that he is engaged in but we had been cut to pieces . in fact there was but 8 out of 38 left of us" Chattanooga "We made a flying trip . the Yanks did not know who we were nor where we came from" Chickamauga "we did not lose heavy" and Knoxville "we kept exchanging fire . he missed me. I ran up to the pit and demanded them to surrender which they did and I captured two yanks with an empty gun" especially mentioning by name officers and school chums who were killed or wounded along the way. The manuscript ends rather abruptly at Knoxville before the unit returned to service in Virginia at the Wilderness. Along the way Maxwell records several anecdotes that bring his narrative to life an extended account of a day's trip back to an abandoned camp with Yankee troops near by to rescue the company's fiddle an account of dueling Yankee and Rebel bands finally playing and singing together at Christmas before Fredericksburg in 1862 another extended report of aid given to a young soldier who was searching for his dead brother killed at Chickamauga and an account of two young ladies met while traveling to Tennessee promising to pray for his safety and sending him a letter received while fighting at Knoxville. Maxwell closes his narrative in tragedy relating stories of one friend being shot as a deserter on orders from Gen. Longstreet in Tennessee and another at Gettysburg pleading to be "put out of misery" after having "his entrails shot all to pieces. We have not discovered any indication of publication. For the 18th Mississippi Dornbusch lists two publications both by Major Lamar Fontaine one of the Immortal 600 dealing primarily with his experiences as a prisoner of war. <br/><br/> unknown 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
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
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
181111387Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1811. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Unsuccessful petition to admit the Mississippi Territory into the union. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 24203. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; edges darkened three pages with a couple of small brown spots. Leaves separated. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
181411409Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1814. 8vo. 20 pp. <br><br>Concerns claims to territory ceded to the United States by the state of Georgia on 24 April 1802. The Yazoo land fiasco. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 33299; Eberstadt 133:456. Removed from a nonce volume. Very good condition. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
187825697Cincinnati OH: Peter G. Thomson Arcade Book Store 1878. 3 1 blank pp. folded printed in red green black and gilt. Front of invitation ornately decorated in gilt and colored ink with several fancy typesettings and decorative banners. Second page contains the list of officers printed within a gilt border in the shape of a cross. Third page contains names of committee members printed within a gilt border. Two horizontal folds very short split at edge of one fold no text loss. Very attractive and Very Good.<br/><br/> Several members had served in the Confederate Army. E.C. Carroll was an owner of the Vicksburg Sentinel and the President of the Board of Directors of the Merchant's National Bank in Vicksburg. Frederic Speed was an officer of this Lodge. and an Honorary 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason. He was involved in the great explosion of the ship Sultana at the end of the Civil War which resulted in the deaths of over 1700 Union prisoners of war. The steamship had been overloaded to several times the ship's capacity in an effort to make as much money as possible from the $5 per prisoner rate paid by the government. Speed was indicted and found guilty; the verdict was reversed by Brig. Gen. Joseph Holt on the ground that Speed's involvement was remote. <br/> Officers listed: Sir Wm. A. Fairchild P.E.C. Prelate; Sir H.W. Bowen Treasurer; Sir W.G. Paxton Eminent Commander; Sir. Wm. French Generalissimo; Sir F. Speed Captain General; Sir J.W. Powell P.E.C. Recorder; Sir I. Hardy Senior Warden; Sir H. Denio Junior Warden; Sir T.J. Thompson Warder; Sir J.H. Berresford Standard Bearer; Sir. E.P. Jones Sword Bearer; Sir Wm. Murry Sentinel. Committee on Invitation: Sir C.C. Floweree Sir E.C. Carroll Sir W.M. Vosburg Sir L.C. Moore P.E.C. Sir T.G. Birchett P.E.C. Sir W.H. Andrews and Sir M.R. Payne. Reception Committee: Sir J.W. Gray Sir T.J. Harper Sir H. Wilkerson Sir Jas. H. King Sir C.A. Manlove P.E.C. Sir Wm. French Sir W.S. Harris and Sir Simes Coate. Floor Managers: Sir Geo. M. Klein Sir G.G. Manlove Sir W.M. Chamberlain Sir A.G. Russell Sir M.C. Klein Sir S.H. Childress and Sir C.H. Nathan. Peter G. Thomson, Arcade Book Store] unknown books
1720WRCAM48868Amsterdam 1720. Single-sheet map 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Minor foxing. Near fine. A scarce early map of the Mississippi River Valley depicting the American region between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes taken from HET GROOT TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID. THE GREAT MIRROR OF FOLLY a scathing account of the speculative crashes that led to European financial disaster in 1720. The work was a chronicle of the failed attempts by John Law Controller General of Finances for the French government to open Louisiana to trade in order to help alleviate France's financial problems. This led to the creation of the Mississippi Company which created the "Mississippi Bubble" incident that destroyed the Banque Générale Privée the General Private Bank which Law founded. The map depicts the Mississippi River parts of Louisiana and Florida Lake Michigan referred to here as "Lac de Illionis" and Lake Superior the extent of French colonial explorations in the region and names of Indian tribes. It is decorated with a title cartouche incorporating the arms of John Law and depicting two Native Americans holding a cornucopia through which flows the mighty Mississippi River. unknown books
18911746751st Cong. 2d Sess.: HMD127. 1891. 72 4 blank pp disbound. Tanning. Good to Very Good. HMD127. unknown books
1878726245th Cong. 2d Sess.: SED95. 1878. 52pp 7 folding charts 6 of them quite large. Very Good. SED95. unknown books
1880174631880. 3 1 blank pp folding map. Very Good. unknown books
1875172331875. 5 1 blank pp folding map disbound loosened. Worn edges some chipping of corners with no text loss. Light tanning. Good. unknown 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
186330260Memphis 1863. Broadside 9" x 11". Lined paper with columns in blue and red inks entirely in manuscript. Two large stains at left edge moderate dusting to right edge on verso. A few small edge chips old folds with archival tape repairs of short splits on verso. Good to Good.<br/><br/> The Mississippi Central Railroad Company was chartered in 1852; construction began in 1853 and was completed in 1860. The road ran from Canton Mississippi to Jackson Tennessee; it connected to the New Orleans Jackson and Great Northern Railroads at Canton; the Memphis and Charleston Railroad at Grand Junction Tennessee; and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Jackson Tennessee. The Mississippi Central Railroad was the scene of several military actions during 1862-1863 and was severely damaged.<br/> R.S. Taylor & Co. of Memphis Tennessee advertised as Cotton Factors and Grocers "We have a large and well selected stock of Groceries and Flour among which is the old favorite Grafton 000 and Reincke's Elegant." THE MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL VOLUME 31 NUMBER 67 FEBRUARY 22 1871 Page 1. 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
183825609Jackson Mi.: B.D. Howard State Printer 1838. Later plain wrappers light spine wear stitched. viii 1 blank 9-368pp. Some tan and fox 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. O<br/> One law relieves Henry Foote later a U.S. Senator from Mississippi from the penalties incurred for dueling; those penalties would have barred him from holding public office.<br/>AI 51717 5. B.D. Howard, State Printer unknown books
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
1841WRCAM53486Jackson Ms 1841. 302pp. Modern buckram spine gilt lettered. Initial leaves somewhat rumpled and slightly dampstained. Light dust soiling and scattered foxing throughout. Good. Official printing of laws passed by the Mississippi state legislature in early 1841. Contains several laws relating to slavery. Only two copies located by OCLC at Yale and the University of Minnesota. hardcover 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
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
