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Freedom Summer
by Bruce Watson
A riveting account of one of the most remarkable episodes in American history. In his critically acclaimed history Freedom Summer, award- winning author Bruce Watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the American civil rights movement. During the sweltering summer of 1964, more than seven hundred American college students descended upon segregated, reactionary Mississippi to register black voters and educate black children. On the night of their arrival, the worst fears of a...
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Mississippi Books & Ephemera
Father" Stuart and the Monroe Mission
by WINSTON, E. T
Meridian: Press of Tell Farmer, 1927. First. hardcover. good. Illus. 94pp. 8vo, blue cloth, edges of corners lightly worn, spine ends rubbed, front cover slightly warped, front flyleaf, title page, and portrait of Stuart, all creased in the right margin. Meridian, Mississippi: Press of Tell Farmer, (1927). First Edition<br/> <br/> Signed by the author. Biography of Rev. Thomas C. Stuart and the Monroe Mission. Stuart and his wife were the first Presbyterians to settle in Northern...
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Deed of Coveyance from Wm. Shaw to the Commissioners of Madison County. March 27, 1828. (with) State of Mississippi, Madison County, Indenture, March 28, 1828. (Two holograph documents)
by Shaw, Wm. and Honor Shaw. John P. Thompson (associate justice)
1828. Ephemera. Two documents each on 9.5 x 7.75 inch paper, written on both sides. 1. Indenture March 26th, 1828, between Wm. Shaw and the Commissioners appointed by the General Assembly donating a certain tract of land containing twenty acres 'lying and situated in the Town lately known by the name of Madisonville in the County and State aforesaid for the purpose of erecting public buildings therein.' 2. Wm. Shaw and his wife, Honor Shaw, appear before John P, Thompson, Associate Justice for Madison...
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Portraits of the Riverboats
by Davis, William C
London: Salamander Books. 2001. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards in a very good dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made clear archival plastic sleeve. Full-page black & white photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 144 pages. Contains a rare collection of contemporary photographs with accompanying essays. . Hardback.
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NZ$27.82
![Report of the Principal of the Utica Normal & Industrial Institute Utica, Mississippi 1910-1911 [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/980/324/1519324980.0.b.jpg)
Report of the Principal of the Utica Normal & Industrial Institute Utica, Mississippi 1910-1911 [cover title]
by [African Americana]. Holtzclaw, William H
Utica, Ms, 1911. Very good.. 8pp., accompanied by a single-page fundraising typed letter, signed, and original transmittal envelope. Original mailing folds to pamphlet and letter, minor wear and toning. A very rare annual report from the Utica Normal & Industrial Institute of Utica, Mississippi, issued by the school's founder and principal, William Henry Holtzclaw. In his report, Holtzclaw includes passages on a recent "cyclone" that hit the school, the construction of Booker T. Washington Hall,...
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BY-LAWS OF SUBORDINATE LODGES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE M.W. GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, TOGETHER WITH THE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THEIR GOVERNANCE
by [Natchez Imprint]
Natchez, Miss.: Printed at the Daily Courier Book and Job Office, 1854. Original printed title wrappers, 12 pp. "Harmony Lodge No. 1" written in a contemporary hand at the top margin of the front wrapper. Disbound, with foxing and light wear. Good+. "This Lodge shall be known and designated by the name of HARMONY LODGE, NO. 1," located in the City of Natchez. W.P. Mellen is listed as Grand Secretary; his office is in Natchez. In an Order issued by Admiral David Porter in March 1864, Mellen was one of...
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The State of Mississippi, to the Sheriff of Hinds County - Greeting: We Command You to Summon..
by G.E. Beauchamp, Clerk; Wm. C. Demoss, Sheriff; [Maxfield Anderson, William Anderson Sr., and William Anderson Jr.]
[Raymond], Mississippi, October 4, 1837. [1]p. Partly-printed document. 6¼ x 8 inches. Contemporary docketing on verso. Folds; some ink bleed-through; very good. 1837 legal summons addressed to the Sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi, William C. Demoss. The sheriff is hereby directed to summon Maxfield Anderson, William Anderson Sr., and William Anderson Jr. to give evidence in the case of David Anderson, plaintiff, against Frederick Miller, defendant. The Andersons were summoned to appear on the...
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NZ$255.33
Indians of the Gulf Coast States
Washington DC: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1966. Pamphlet. 20p., stapled wraps, 8.75x5.75 inches landscape format, illus., wraps lightly worn, previous owner's name penned on both front and rear wraps, else very good condition.
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NZ$20.43
Tenn-Tom Country: The Upper Tombigbee Valley
by James F. Doster; David C. Weaver
Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press. Very light edge wear, jacket has light rubbing, slightly faded spine. Clean copy. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1987.
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![The Replevin Law of 1861. Natchez Courier Extra...July 22, 1865 [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/028/173/1582173028.0.b.jpg)
The Replevin Law of 1861. Natchez Courier Extra...July 22, 1865 [caption title]
by [Reconstruction]. [Mississippi]
Natchez, Ms: July 22, 1865. Very good.. Broadside, 13.75 x 9.5 inches. Printed in three columns. Moderate toning and foxing, old folds, couple of small tears expertly repaired on verso, two tape remnants at top edge likely from previous matting. A very rare newspaper extra printing the first civilian law in Occupied Mississippi following the conclusion of the Civil War. After the war, only military justice was in force in Mississippi. According to an 1866 Mississippi court case: "civil government of...
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Mississippi: The Closed Society
by Silver, James W. (James Wesley)
NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., , 1964. 2nd printing; dj w/lite wear, unclipped price, in mylar; 250 clean, unmarked pages/index.... 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by b/w Plates. 8 Vo.
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NZ$27.15
The Epidemic of 1878, in Mississippi Report of the Yellow Fever Relief Work
by Power, J. L
Jackson, Mississippi: Clarion Steam Printing Establishment. Poor. 1879. Paperback. Poor softcover, no name or marks Cover is tattered and rear cover is missing. The book ends at 208, but some pages are missing at the rear. The book is held together by a large clamp. Sold AS IS. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages .
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NZ$93.62
The Great Houses of Natchez
by Gleason, David King (photographs), Mary Warren Miller and Ronald W. Miller (text)
Jackson and London: University Press of Mississippi, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 10.3x13.3x0.8in. dust jacket with small scratches on front panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. Profusely illustrated in color. 122pp 2.99lb 10.3x13.3x0.8in
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![Address to the Public. The Trustees of Jefferson College at Washington, Mississippi, Have the Satisfaction to Announce to the Public That the Institution Is Now Prepared for the Reception of Students... [caption title and first line of text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/025/652/1499652025.0.b.jpg)
Address to the Public. The Trustees of Jefferson College at Washington, Mississippi, Have the Satisfaction to Announce to the Public That the Institution Is Now Prepared for the Reception of Students... [caption title and first line of text]
by [Mississippi]. [Education]
[Natchez, Ms.?], 1839. Very good.. Broadside, 13 x 15.75 inches. Printed in four columns; central vertical fold. Light wear and toning. In the present broadside, The trustees of Jefferson College announce that they are once again prepared to admit students in 1839 following a reorganization, and give their mission statement, courses of study, faculty list, tuition fees, and more. The school, located in Washington, Mississippi, just north of Natchez, opened in 1811, and was the first college in the...
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![Le Cours du Fleuve Missisipi selon les Relations les plus mondernes; [The Course of the Missisipi River, According to the Most Modern Relations]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/968/851/1253851968.0.b.jpg)
Le Cours du Fleuve Missisipi selon les Relations les plus mondernes; [The Course of the Missisipi River, According to the Most Modern Relations]
by BERNARD, Jean-Frederic
Amsterdam, 1737. Map. Original engraving. 14.75 x 17.25 inches.<br/> <br/> Beautiful 1737 map of North America featuring giant scaled Great Lakes. Lake Huron is referred to as Karegnondi, an indigenous name meaning big lake or fresh water sea. Possible reference to Manitoulin Island (the largest fresh water island in the world) as 'Cantolon'. Many portage routes are described throughout. Indigenous villages and architecture is noted along with Jesuit settlements. The largest...
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A New Map of Mississippi with its Roads & Distances
by DESILVER, Charles
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co, 1857. unbound. very good(+). Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14" x 11.5".<br/><br/> Nice clean map of Mississippi divided into counties. Shows major cities, major routes, waterways and railroads. Includes table of steam boat routes. From the "New Universal Atlas". In excellent condition. Plate was originally published by Samuel Augustus Mitchell, who sold the copyright to Thomas, Cowperthwait &...
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Geological Section from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
by BLAKE, William P
U. S. Pacific Railroad Exploration & Survey, War Department. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 26.75 x 38.5".<br/><br/> This fascinating geological section of the Mississippi River derives from the investigations of Jules Marcou, a French geologist who worked extensively in North America. In 1853, under the service of the U.S. government, he became the first geologist to cross the United States as part of the Pacific railroad exploration, headed by A.W....
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Signature
by HOOKER, Charles E. (1825-1914)
unbound. very good. Uncommon full signature: "Charles E. Hooker - Mississippi", most likely executed while serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives, on a 5.5" x 2" pages. Fine condition.<br/><br/> American secessionist who was dispatched by the state of Mississippi to South Carolina as a secession commissioner and destribed as a "fire-eater" of the most ultra disunion stripe. He later entered the Confederate States Army rising in rank...
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KATRINA Catastrophe on the Gulf Coast
by The Mississippi Press
The Mississippi Press. Near Fine. 2005. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages .
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NZ$39.15
United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of Protest..
by A.H. Arthur [Alexander H. Arthur]; [H.G. Bankston]; [Wm. Burton]
Vicksburg, Mississippi, March 3, 1838. [1]p. Document Signed. 10 x 8 inches. Partly printed; contemporary docketing. Folds; minor wear; some foxing; good. Legal instrument of protest signed by Alexander H. Arthur, Notary Public for the Office of the Planters' Bank of the State of Mississippi at Vicksburg. Arthur declares that he presented a bank note for $267.73 to the Planters' Bank and that the teller there "...refused to pay the same, saying that the drawers not accepted [sic] had made no deposit of...
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MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE JUDSON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD WITH NEW PROSPECT CHURCH, MONROE COUNTY, MISS., SEPT. 8TH, 9TH, 10TH AND 11TH, 1881.| OFFICERS: J.J. ANDREWS, MODERATOR. J.M. COOK, CLERK. C.A. MARSHALL, TREASURER.| EXECUTIVE BOARD: W. MURFF, W.E. PARKER, C.A. MARSHALL, S.E. MCCARTY, J.M. COOK
by Judson Baptist Association
Tupelo, Miss.: Journal Publishing Company Printer., 1881. [7], [1-statistical table] pp. Original printed wrappers [light dusting and wear], sewn. Light wear, Good+.
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NZ$85.11
The American Magazine. July 1940. Vol. CXXX, No. 1. 25 cents
by Blossom, Sumner, editor
Springfield OH: Crowell-Collier Publishing Co, 1940. Magazine. 166p., slick magazine in 11.5x8.5 inch color wraps, some color within. Cover text announces "I Backed Hitler by Fritz Thyssen" but full title starts "I Made a Mistake When.." First couple of leaves bear marginal tears and the terminal leaves are very faintly rippled by damp; no adhesions, a pretty good copy. Besides the many visuals (some dreadful, of course), find an essay by Turner Catledge (Mississippi-born, managing editor at NYT...
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NZ$34.04
![[Collection of Correspondence, Business Papers, and Other Documents Relating to the Commercial Interests of Duncan D. McLaurin in Mississippi in the Mid-19th Century, and Including His Manuscript Medical Discharge from the Confederate Army]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/173/725/1429725173.0.b.jpg)
[Collection of Correspondence, Business Papers, and Other Documents Relating to the Commercial Interests of Duncan D. McLaurin in Mississippi in the Mid-19th Century, and Including His Manuscript Medical Discharge from the Confederate Army]
by [Mississippi]. McLaurin, Duncan D
[Various locations in and around Jasper County, Mississippi, 1881. Good.. Approximately ninety-eight documents totaling about [110]pp., most entirely in manuscript but with a healthy number of partially-printed documents completed in manuscript, plus a handful of original transmittal envelopes. Some documents significantly faded, some chipped or with noticeable losses. Documents range from poor to very good condition. An interesting collection of manuscript correspondence, business receipts and...
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NZ$1,276.65
