Box 8
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Mississippi. Convention 1861. Journal of the State Convention and Ordinances and resolutions adopted in January, 1861. Also inserted after p.220 with title: Statement showing assessment of personalty in the State of Mississippi, together with number of acres and value of taxable lands for year 1860, last page missing;, 1861
File — Box: 8, Folder: C1654
Identifier: 228039
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 16 boxes of books and papers, mostly from the 1860s, all of which were readily available to the public in the Confederacy at the time. The collection includes state and C.S.A. laws, ordinances, and regulations, military manuals, political dissertations, school books, novels, maps, tracts, and sermons. Also included are works related to the Confederacy such as histories of the war and autobiographies. Most are originals, any photocopies are noted as such in this...
Dates:
1861