Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 18, 1980 with Charles Hudson Griffin (born 1926). Griffin served in the office of U. S. Congressman John Bell Williams until 1968 when he campaigned for the position himself. He served three terms...
Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
A printed copy of a speech delivered by United States Congressman Jacob Thompson from Mississippi to the House of Representatives on 9 January 1847. Thompson's opinions on military matters relating to the War with Mexico and slavery in newly...
A printed copy of the speech delivered in the House of Representatives by Democrat Reuben Davis on 17 February 1859, defending his party's spending record and discussing a proposed revenue tariff.
Address delivered before the Virginia State Convention by Hon. Fulton Anderson, Commissioner from Mississippi, Hon. Henry L. Benning, Commissioner from Georgia, and Hon. John S. Preston, Commissioner from South Carolina.
The Philosophy of Secession: A Southern View, Presented in a Letter addressed to the Hon. Mr. Perkins of Louisiana, in criticism on the Provisional Constitution adopted by the Southern Congress at Montgomery, Alabama. By the Hon. L.W. Spratt,...
Report of the Commissioner of Patents. Confederate States Patent Office, Richmond. To Hon., Thos. S. Bocock, Speaker of House of Representatives, C.S.A.
Letter to Hon. W. R. Smith form G. Tochman and correspondence. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 10 March 1863.
Decisions of Hon. James D. Halyburton, Judge of the Confederate States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in the case of John. B. Lane and John H. Leftwich, in relation to their exemption, as mail contractors, from the performance...
Letter form Gen. Wise to Hon. Jas. Lyons, John R. Chambliss and others of the Virginia Delegation in Congress. Presented by Mr. Lyons; Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States...