Grand 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
Jackson: 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
Washington 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
Selma 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
Meridian 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
Jackson 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
Jackson: 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
Meridian 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
Jackson: 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
Jackson 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
Jackson 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
Jackson 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
Jackson: 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
Washington 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
Washington: 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
Jackson 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
np 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
Jackson 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
Meridian 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
Macon 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
Washington 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
Washington 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
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