Affidavit signed by Isaac Johnson, in the presence of the Adams County magistrate, Samuel Brookes, concerning the ownership of a female slave named Jin, or Jane.
Printed committee report dated 3 February 1816, relating to claims in the Mississippi Territory. It recommends that the petitions by Mississippi territory residents for compensation due to Creek Indian depredations (and the depredations of American...
Letter from George Bomford of the United States Army Ordnance Department to Mississippi Congressman William Haile of Wilkinson County on the question of arms for each state's militia. Bomford explains how arms for each state's militia are...
A letter from Gerard Chittocque Brandon, Governor of Mississippi, to John Murphy, Governor of Alabama, dated 9 January 1829, requesting an answer to a letter of the preceding October. Brandon's correspondence concerned unsettled accounts between...
From the McNutt (Alexander G.) Letters. Letter from Mississippi Governor Alexander G. McNutt, to J.M. Bullack, Secretary of State of Kentucky, dated 20 June 1838.
Letter from Lewis McNeely in Water Valley, Mississippi, to Rev. Eli F. Cooley of Trenton, New Jersey, dated 10 March 1849, requesting release from the New Brunswick Presbytery so that he can preach to two congregations in the Chickasaw Presbytery...
From the Foote (Henry Stuart) Letter and Autograph. Letter by Henry Stuart Foote, written in response to George H. Morrow's request for information about the relationship between Linn Boyd and Henry Clay, who died in 1852. Foote discusses Clay's...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Proof of title page and red color separation (2 items) for The Noisy Boy (New York: McLoughlin Bros., [between 1860-1869]) Young America series from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The...
From the Spight (Thomas) Letters. Letter from Thomas Spight to Virginia Barnett, dated 14 December 1860, written from camp near Corinth, Mississippi. Spight, a member of the 34th Mississippi Infantry during the Civil War, writes to his cousin and...
From the Harris (Merry B.) Papers. Letter from W. E. Wormell in Aiken, South Carolina, to Merry B. Harris in Gallatin, Mississippi. Mr. Wormell describes the festivities celebrating the secession of South Carolina from the Union. Harris was a...
Amendment: To Senate Bill (S.129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defenses of the county.
From the Hardy (William H. and Sallie J.) Papers. Letter from William Hardy to Sallie Hardy. There is no transcript for this letter, and pages are missing.
From the Harris (Merry B.) Papers. Bond dated 29 January 1861, and signed by Captain Merry B. Harris in the amount of $900 is for the purchase of 60 muskets. Harris was a resident of Copiah County, Mississippi. He served as a captain and later...
