An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to Borrow Specie to be Applied to the Redemption and Reduction of the Currency; approved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 13 March 1865.
An Act to amend an act entitled, "An Act: Recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States, and concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes and Prize Goods, approved May 6th, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.";...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for Fielding L. Wright, candidate for Governor of Mississippi. The Pontotoc County Campaign Committee for Fielding L. Wright created this handout for the first primary election,held on 5...
Photograph of Robert Burns as "General Nat" with Golden Eagle featured in the Student Printz on May 17, 1973. In 1953, General Nat (for Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest) was approved as the Southerners’ mascot. The first General Nat was Archie Hughes,...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
Photograph of Harry Arcarese, as Southern's mascot, General Nat. In 1953, General Nat (for Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest) was approved as the Southerners’ mascot. The first General Nat was Archie Hughes, and Nat’s horse was named Son of Dixie.
Photograph of General Nat and his horse. In 1953, General Nat (for Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest) was approved as the Southerners’ mascot. The first General Nat was Archie Hughes, and Nat’s horse was named Son of Dixie. This photo is featured in...
Photograph of Ray Gibson, as Southern's mascot, General Nat. In 1953, General Nat (for Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest) was approved as the Southerners’ mascot. The first General Nat was Archie Hughes, and Nat’s horse was named Son of Dixie.
Photograph of Steve Hood, as Southern's mascot, General Nat, aids cheerleaders in leading a pep rally for one of the out-of-town ball games. Hood prospects for Big Gold at each football game with the aid of the mascot mule, Sergeant. In 1953,...
Photograph of Southern's mascot, General Nat. In 1953, General Nat (for Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest) was approved as the Southerners’ mascot. The first General Nat was Archie Hughes, and Nat’s horse was named Son of Dixie.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act amendatory of an act entitled 'An act to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes,' approved January 5, 1864." By Mr. Hilton, from the Committee on Military...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to amend An Act entitled, 'An Act to prevent fraud in the Quartermaster's and Commissary's Departments, and the obtaining under false pretense transportation for private property,' approved May 1st, 1863." By Mr....
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to amend An Act to provide revenue from commodities imported from foreign countries, approved May 21st, 1864." By Mr. Lyon, from Committee on Ways and Means; Read first and second times, made special order after...
A Bill: To be entitled, " An Act to amend An Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the funding and further issue of treasury notes,' approved March 23, 1863." By Mr. Foster; Read first and second times, and referred to Special Committee on the...
Resolution: Directory to the Select Committee on Finance. By Mr. Heiskell; Referred to the Special Committee on Currency, and ordered to be printed approved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 21 December 1863.
A Bill: To amend An Act entitled, "An Act to lay taxes for the common defence and carry on the Government of the Confederate States," approved April 24, 1863. By Mr. Pugh, from the Special Committee on Currency; Read first and second times, and...
Instructions: To Tax Collectors in reference to the return of Estimates of Tax in Kind in certain cases. From Thompson Allan, Commissioner of Taxes, approved by G. A. Trenholm, Secretary of Treasury.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 23, 1973 with Mr. William Dukes in his office in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dukes was born in the Sullivans' Hollow area near Raleigh, in Smith County, Mississippi on January 15, 1927. After his discharge...
