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Politics and Government (Archives): Primary Sources 1865-1899

Primary Source Publications 1865-1899

Acklen, Joseph H.  Mississippi Levees.  Speech of Hon. Joseph H. Acklen of Louisiana.  Washington, DC:  Rufus H. Darby, 1879.  Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Call Number:  HE630 M6 A35 1879

Adams, Wirt.  Biennial Report of Wirt Adams, State Revenue Agent:  December 1, 1899.  [Jackson, MS]:  1899.  Call Number:  HJ2416 A33 1899.

Alcorn, James Lusk.  Address of J.L. Alcorn, (Republican Candidate for Governor) to the People of Mississippi.  [Friar's Point, MS:  1869].  Call Number:  JK2358 M73 A4 1869.

Alcorn, James Lusk.  Views of the Hon. J.L. Alcorn, on the Political Situation of Mississippi.  [Friars Point, MS:  1867].  Call Number:  F341 A35.

Allen, John M.  Silver:  Speech of Hon. John M. Allen of Mississippi.  Washington, DC:  1893.  Author was a U.S. Representative.  Call Number:  HG301 A55 1893.

Ames, Adelbert.  Annual Message of Gov. Adelbert Ames to the Legislature of Mississippi Session 1875.  Jackson, MS:  Pilot Publishing, 1875.  Call Number:  J87 M72 1875.

Arnold, James M.  Charge Delivered by James M. Arnold, Judge of the Sixth Judicial District of Mississippi, to the Grant Jury of Lowndes County, Mississippi:  at April Term, 1879, of the Circuit Court.  Columbus, MS:  Excelsior Book and Job Office, 1879.  Call Number:  KF9682 A76 1879.

Barbee, William J.  The Cotton Question.  The Production, Export, Manufacture, and Consumption of Cotton.  A Condensed Treatise on Cotton in All Its Aspects:  Agricultural, Commercial, and Political.  New York:  Metropolitan Record Office, 1866.  Call Number:  SB249 B23.

Barksdale, Ethelbert.  Speech of Hon. Ethelbert Barksdale of Mississippi, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, December 9, 1884.  Washington, DC:  R.O. Polkinhorn & Son, 1884.  Railroads and interstate commerce.  Call Number:  HE2757 1884 B3.

Boudinot, Elias C.  Speech of Elias C. Boudinot, of the Cherokee Nation:  Delivered before the House Committee on Territories, March 5, 1872, on the Question of a Territorial Government for the Indian Territory, in Reply to the Second Argument of the Indian Delegations in Opposition to Such Proposed Government.  Washington, DC:  McGill & Witherow Printers, 1872.  Call Number:  F697 B75s 1872.

Boyd, Andrew.  Louisiana and Mississippi Business Directory, 1870-71:  Together with Their State Governments, Post Offices, Telegraph Stations, Brief Sketches of the Principal Cities and Villages...  New Orleans:  A. Boyd, 1870.  Call Number:  HF5049 B6.

Bridewell, L.O.  The Mississippi Justice of the Peace.  A Manual of the Laws Relating to the Courts of Justices of the Peace, and the Practice Therein, in the State of Mississippi, with Forms and Precedents, Applicable to Every Case, Interspersed with Explanatory Notes.  To Which Is Added Certain Forms of General Use Among Business Men, a Directory of the Courts, Etc., Etc.  Jackson, MS:  Clarion Steam Printing Establishment, 1877.  Call Number:  JK4685 B7.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso.  The Mississippi Election, Speech of Hon. Blanche K. Bruce, of Mississippi, in the United States Senate, March 31, 1876.  1876.  Call Number:  JK4619 B7.

Burkitt, Frank.  Our State Finances and Our School System, Illustrated and Exposed by "Wool Hat," "Copperas Breeches," and the Tax Payer's Organ, The Chickasaw Messenger.  Okolona, MS:  Messenger Power Print, 1886.  Call Number:  LB2826 M7 B8.

Catchings, Thomas C.  Silver:  Speech of Hon. Thomas C. Catchings of Mississippi, in the House of Representatives, Saturday, August 19, 1893.  Washington, DC:  1893.  Call Number:  HG523 C38 1893.

Central Democratic Club (Meridian, Miss.).  An Address to the People by the Central Democratic Club of Meridian, Mississippi.  [Meridian, MS]:  1892.  Call Number:  JK4695 C4.

Stanford E. Chaillé.  Intimidation and the Number of White and Colored Voters in Louisiana in 1876, as Shows by Statistical Data Derived from Republican Official Reports.  New Orleans:  Picayune Office Job Print, 1877.  Call Number:  JK526 1876 C4.

Chalmers, James Ronald.  Contested Election Case of James R. Chalmers vs. James B. Morgan from the Second Congressional District of Mississippi:  Reply for Contestant.  Memphis, TN:  Eagle Print, 1889.  Call Number:  JK1359 50th M7 C4.

Chalmers, James Ronald.  The Opinions of the Fathers upon the Power and Duty of the General Government to Make Internal Improvements.  Collated by Hon. J.R. Chalmers...To Encourage Aid for the Mississippi Levees and the Texas and Pacific Railroad.  Washington, DC:  1878.  Call Number:  HE393 Z7 C4.

Clapp, Jeremiah Watkins.  Address Delivered at the University of Mississippi, on Behalf of the Board of Trustees, on Commencement Day, June 29, 1866.  Memphis:  Public Ledger Printing Office, [1866].  Author was a Mississippi politician and member of the Confederate Congress.  Call Number:  LD3417.2 1866.

Clapp, Jeremiah Watkins.  Public Addresses of Judge J.W. Clapp, 1839-1869.  [18--].  Call Number:  F341 C59.

Clarke, Charles W.  Speech of Hon. Charles W. Clarke, of Washington County, on the Subject of Education, Delivered in the House of Representatives, State of Mississippi, June 30, 1870.  Jackson, MS:  Kimball, Raymond & Co., 1870.  Call Number:  L166 C53 1870.

Coats, R. Roy.  Mississippi That Grand Old State of Mine.  University, MS:  R.R. Coats, 1930.  Sheet music "written specially for and dedicated to Ex-Governor Dennis Murphree and the Know Mississippi Better Train."  Call Number:  M1621 C66 M5.

Conkling, Roscoe.  Report:  The Committee on the Judiciary, to Whom Were Referred the Credentials of Adelbert Ames, Claiming to Be Senator Elect from the State of Mississippi, Report the Following Facts and Conclusions.  [Washington, DC:  1870].  Call Number:  F341 C6458 1870.

Daniel, John W.  Oration by Hon. J.W. Daniel on the Life, Services, and Character of Jefferson Davis, Delivered under the Auspices of the General Assembly of Virginia, at Mozart Academy of Music, January 25, 1890.  Richmond, VA:  J.H. O'Bannon, 1890.  Call Number:  E467.1 D26 D18 1890.

Davis, Jefferson and Charles B. Galloway.  Open Letters on Prohibition:  A Controversy between Hon. Jefferson Davis...and Bishop Chas. B. Galloway.  Nashville, TN:  Publishing House of the Methodist Epsicopal Church, South, 1893.  Call Number:  HV5090 M7.

Democratic Conservative Party of Coahoma County, Mississippi.  Full History of All Action Taken by the Democratic Conservative Party of Coahoma County, Miss., in Relation to the Question of a Proposed Change of the County Site of Said County.  Memphis:  Tracy & Co., [1885].  Call Number:  JK2318 M73 1885.

Democratic Conservative Party of Mississippi.  Issues of the Canvass.  Jackson, MS:  Power & Barksdale, [1875].  Call Number:  F341 I88 1875.

Democratic Conservative Party of Mississippi.  Executive Committee.  Campaign Document[s], Gen. J.Z. George, Chairman.  Jackson, MS:  The Committee, 1875.  Special Collections has issues no. 1 "The legislation of 1865 concerning freedmen" and no. 2 "The Clinton riot."  Call Number:  F341 D45 1875.

Democratic Conservative Party of Mississippi.  Executive Committee.  Issues of the Canvass, of 1876.  [Jackson, MS:  Democratic Conservative Party of Mississippi, 1876].  Special Collections has issues no. 1 "Address of the State Executive Committee" and no. 2 "Radical Extravagance Contrasted with Democratic Economy."  Call Number:  F341 D45 1876.

Dent, Louis.  Judge Dent's Card -- More of Alcorn's Record.  1869.  Campaign document.  Call Number:  JK2358 M73 D4 1869.

Mary V. Duval.  History of Mississippi and Civil Government.  Compiled and Arranged for the Use of the Public Schools of Mississippi.  Louisville, KY:  Courier-Journal Print. Co., 1892.  Call Number:  F341 D98.

Foote, Henry S.  War of the Rebellion; or, Scylla and Charybdis.  Consisting of Observations upon the Causes, Course, and Consequences of the Late Civil War in the United States.  New York:  Harper & Brothers, 1866.  Author was a former U.S. Senator and Governor of Mississippi.  Call Number:  E459 F692.

For President, Ulysses S. Grant.  For Vice-President Henry Wilson.  Jackson, MS:  Pilot Steam Book and Job Office, 1872.  Call Number:  E675 G7.

Furlong, Charles E.  Origin of the Outrages at Vicksburg.  Speech of Hon. Chas. E. Furlong, Senator from Warren County, in the Senate of Mississippi, December 18, 1874.  Vicksburg, MS:  Vicksburg Herald Print, 1874.  Call Number:  F347 W29 F8.

George, James Z.  Dealings in "Options" and "Futures."  Speech of Hon. James Z. George, of Mississippi, in the Senate of the United States, December 13, 14, and 15, 1892.  [Washington, DC:  1892].  Call Number:  HG6047 C6 G4.

George, James Z.  Defense of the Constitution of Mississippi.  Speech by Hon. J.Z. George, of Mississippi, in the Senate of the United States.  December 31, 1890, January 19, 20, 1891.  Washington, DC:  1891.  Call Number:  JK1853 G4.

George, James Z.  Demonetization of Silver.  Speech of Hon. James Z. George, of Mississippi, in the Senate of the United States.  Wednesday and Friday, September 20 and 22, 1893.  Washington, DC:  1893.  Call Number:  HG556 G4.

George, James.  A Digest of the Reports of the Decisions of the Supreme Court and of the High Court of Errors and Appeals of the State of Mississippi, from the Organization of the State, to the Present Time.  Philadelphia:  T. & J.W. Johnson and Co., 1872.  Call Number:  JK4683 D5 1872.

George, James Z.  Inquests under National Authority...Speech of Hon. James Z. George, of Mississippi, in the United States Senate, Wednesday, September 26, 1888.  Washington, DC:  1888.  On the subject of African Americans and politics.  Call Number:  JK1929 M7 G4.

George James Z.  Northern Pacific Railroad Lands.  Speech of Hon. James Z. George, of Mississippi.  In the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, June 15, 1886. Washington, DC:  1886.  Call Number:  HE1063 A6 N85.

George, James Z.  Speeches of Hon. James Z. George, of Mississippi, in the Senate of the United States.  Washington, DC:  1888.  Call Number:  HD2795 G42 1888.

George, James Z.  Trusts and Combinations:  Speech of Hon. James Z. George, of Mississippi, in the Senate of the United States, Monday, February 4, 1889.  Washington, DC:  1889.  Call Number:  HD2795 G43 1889.

O.D. Greene.  General Orders No. 5.  [Vicksburg, MS:  1867].  Voter registration in Arkansas and Mississippi during Reconstruction.  Call Number:  E668 G744 1867.

Hamilton, Edward.  A Federal Union, Not a Nation:  An Examination into Our Systems of Government.  Boston:  Lee and Shepard, 1880.  States' rights.  Call Number:  JK323 H2.

Hamm, J.S.  Charge Delivered by Hon. J.S. Hamm, Judge of the 7th Jud. Dist., Miss., to the Grand Jury of Kemper County at Sept. Term, 1877, of the Circuit Court, Published by Request of Many Members of the Bar and Other Persons.  Meridian, MS:  Shannon & Powell, 1877.  Call Number:  PS664 M7 H36 1877.

Hamm, J.S.  Charge Delivered by Hon. J.S. Hamm, Judge of the 7th Judicial District, Miss., to the Grand Jury of Lauderdale Co. at March Term, 1878, Circuit Court.  Meridian, MS:  Shannon & Powell, [1878].  Call Number:  KF9628 H36 1878.

Harris, Wiley Pope.  Railroad Supervision in Mississippi.  Chicago:  Rand, McNally & Co., [1884].  Call Number:  HE2771 M7 H3.

Harrison, James T.  Brief of James T. Harrison, and Meek & Sims, in the Supreme Court of Mississippi in the Case of Joseph N. Eskridge, Plaintiff in Error, vs. the State of Mississippi, Defendant in Error.  From the Circuit Court of Noxubee County.  Columbus, MS:  Excelsior Book and Job Office, 1875.  Call Number:  JK4683 H3 E8.

Headquarters 4th Military District (Mississippi and Arkansas) Office of Civil Affairs, Holly Springs, Miss., Dec. 16, 1867, General Order No. 42.  [Holly Springs, MS]:  1867.  On the subject of the state constitutional convention.  Call Number:  F341 H39 1867.

Herbert, Hilary A.  Why the Solid South?  Or, Reconstruction and Its Results.  Baltimore, MD:  R.H. Woodward, 1890.  Call Number:  E668 H53.

Hill, Robert Andrews.  Lectures Delivered by Hon. R.A. Hill, to the Law Class of the University of Mississippi, upon the Jurisdiction and Practice in the Federal Courts.  Session 1877-'78.  Jackson, MS:  C. Winkley, 1878.  Call Number:  JK1551 H5.

Hogan, Jno. T.  To the Voters of the Sixth Judicial District, Composed of the Counties of Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Noxubee, Neshoba, Kemper and Winston.  [Columbus, MS:  1865].  Broadside signed by Hogan and dated 26 August 1865.  Call Number:  F341 H692 1865.

Holt, Joseph.  Vindication of Judge Advocate General Holt from the Foul Slanders of Traitors, Their Aiders, Abettors, and Sympathizers, Acting in the Interest of Jefferson Davis.  [Washington, DC:  1866].  Call Number:  E457.5 S985 H6 1866a.

Hon. B.K. Bruce, One of the Most Popular and Impressive Platform Orators of the Day, Will Deliver His Great Lecture, Entitled "The Race Problem."  [1888].  U.S. Senator from Mississippi.  Call Number:  E185.61 H78 1888.

Hooker, Charles E.  Oklahoma...Speech of Hon. Charles E. Hooker, of Mississippi, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, July 26, 1888.  [1888].  Call Number:  F699 H6.

Hooker, Charles E.  Remarks of the Hon. Chas. E. Hooker, of Mississippi, in Defense of His State, the South, and the Democratic Party, in Reply to the Charges Brought Against Them by Mr. Kelly, of Kansas, in the House of Representatives, April 24, 1890.  Washington, DC:  1890.  Call Number:  JK2308 M7 1890.

Hooker, Charles E. and George Johnstone  In Defense of the South, and in Favor of Closing the World's Fair on Sunday.  Remarks of Hon. Charles E. Hooker, of Mississippi, and of Hon. George Johnstone, of South Carolina, in Reply to Hon. H.U. Johnson, of Indiana, in the House of Representatives, and on Amendments Offered in Favor of Closing the World's Fair on Sunday.  May 25, 1892.  Washington, DC:  1892.  Call Number:  E185.61 H58.

Jno. T. Hull and H.R. Ware.  An Address to the People of Mississippi:  Let the Advocates of a "Full Vote, Free Ballot and a Fair Count," Read and Reflect.  [Jackson, MS:  1881].  Call Number:  JK4690 A33 1881.

Humphreys, Benjamin G.  The Autobiography of Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (1808-1882).  [Oxford, MS:  1934].  Humphreys served as Mississippi Governor from 1865 to 1868.  Call Number:  E664 H92 A3 1934.

Humphries, William W.  Argument of Hon. W.W. Humphries, (thirty-third senatorial district) upon the Veto Message of the Governor, Touching the Power of the Legislature over the Several Railroads in Mississippi.  Jackson, MS:  Power & Barksdale, 1880.  Call Number:  HE2710 M7 H8.

Illinois Central Railroad Company.  State Railroad Supervision Cases:  Illinois Central Railroad Company vs. John M. Stone, et al., Railroad Commissioners of the State of Mississippi... [1884].  Call Number:  KFM6901 I45 1884.

Issues of the Canvass, 1871, Compiled from the Clarion.  [Jackson, MS:  The Clarion, 1871].  Call Number:  F341 I88 1871.

Issues of the Canvass Compiled from the Clarion and Presented to the Democratic Conservative Canvassers.  Jackson, MS;  Power & Barksdale, [1875].  Call Number:  F341 I88 1875.

Johnston, Amos Randall.  Speech of Hon. Amos R. Johnston, at Sardis, Mississippi, on the 13th day of October, A.D., 1869 [including] Alcorn's Record, Etc.  1869.  Campaign document.  Call Number:  JK2358 M73 1869.

Jonas, S.A.  Report of Hon. S.A. Jonas, Commissioner World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, to the Legislature of Mississippi.  Jackson, MS:  J.L. Power, 1886.  Call Number:  S553 N4 J6.

Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi, Sitting as a Court of Impeachment, in the Trials of Adelbert Ames, Governor, Alexander K. Davis, Lieutenant Governor, Thomas W. Cardoza, Superintendent of Public Education.  Jackson, MS:  Power & Barksdale, 1876.  Call Number:  JK4659 Z5 1876.

Lamar, L.Q.C.  Speech of Hon. L.Q.C. Lamar, of Mississippi:  On the Contested Election in the U.S. House of Representatives, June 8, 1874.  Washington, DC:  John H. Cunningham, 1874.  Call Number:  KFL421.82 S3 L3 1874.

Lamar, L.Q. C.  Speech of Hon. Lucius Q.C. Lamar of Mississippi in the Senate of the United States, June 14, 1880.  Washington, DC:  Government Printing Office, 1880. On emigration of African Americans from the South to the North.  Call Number:  E185.6 L21 1880.

Lamar, L.Q.C.  The Tariff:  Speech of Hon. L.Q.C. Lamar, of Mississippi, in the Senate of the United States, Wednesday, February 7, 1883.  Washington, DC:  1883.  Call Number:  HF1755 L35 1883

Lamar, L.Q.C.  The Texas Pacific Railroad:  Speech of Hon. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, of Mississippi, in the Senate of the United States, May 22, 1878.  Washington, DC:  1878.  Call Number:  HE2705 C3 L3 1878.

Landon, Cassius D.  Speech of Hon. Cassius D. Landon of Warren County, on the Subject of Public Education, Delivered in the House of Representatives, State of Mississippi, June 14, 1870.  Jackson, MS:  Kimball, Raymond & Co., 1870.  Call Number:  LA313 L3.

Life and Remeniscences of Jefferson Davis.  By Distinguished Men of His Time.  Baltimore:  R.H. Woodward & Company, 1890.  Call Number:  E467.1 D26 L53.

Lynch, James D.  Redpath; or, The Ku Klux Tribunal:  A Poem.  Columbus, MS:  Excelsior Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1877.  Reconstruction politics in Mississippi.  Call Number:  PS2351 L532 R4.

Lynch, John Roy.  Reminiscences of an Active Life:  The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch.  Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, [1970].  Mississippi African American elected to U.S. House of Representatives during Reconstruction.  Call Number:  F341 L97 A3.

Marshall, Dabney.  Everything, Nothing and Other Things:  Being Reflections on Politics, Love, Literature, Girls, Kisses, and Good Eating.  Jackson, MS:  Sword and Shield Printing Co., 1888.  Call Number:  F341.5 M36 1888.

Mayes, Edward.  The State University:  Reply of Prof. Edward Mayes to Senator J.Z. George.  [Oxford, MS:  1887].  University of Mississippi appropriations.  Call Number:  LD3403 M3.

Mississippi.  Constitution and Ordinances of the State of Mississippi:  Adopted in Convention Assembled in Pursuance of the Reconstruction Acts of Congress, and Held by Order of General E.O.C. Ord, in the City of Jackson, in 1868.  Jackson, MS:  Mississippi State Journal Office, 1868.  Call Number:  JK4625 1867 A55.

Mississippi.  Constitution of the State of Mississippi:  Adopted November 1, 1890.  Jackson, MS:  R.H. Henry & Co., 1890.  Call Number:  KFM7001 1890 A6.

Mississippi.  Department Reports:  State of Mississippi.  [Jackson, MS].  Special Collections has 1892/93 volume.  Call Number:  J87 M7.

Mississippi.  A Full Report of the Testimony Taken before the Hon. R. Leachman, Judge of the Sixth Circuit Court District of the State of Mississippi, on the Examination of the Cases of the State vs. Jas. A. Brantley and Others, Charged with a Riot, in the City of Meridian, Miss., on the 6th of March, 1871.  Meridian, MS:  Shannon & Sherman's, 1871.  Call Number:  HV6481 M7 M57 1871.

Mississippi.  Laws of the State of Mississippi.  [Jackson, MS]:  1823 -- present.  Call Number:  KFM6606.

Mississippi.  Constitutional Convention (1865).  Constitution of the State of Mississippi:  As Amended, with the Ordinances and Resolutions Adopted by the Constitutional Convention August, 1865.  Jackson, MS:  E.M. Yerger, 1865.  Call Number:  JK4225 1865 A26.

Mississippi.  Constitutional Convention (1865).  Journal of the Proceedings and Debates in the Constitutional Convention of the State of Mississippi, August 1865.  Jackson, MS:  E.M. Yeager, 1865.  Call Number:  JK4625 1865 A25.

Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1890).  Journal of the Proceedings in the Constitutional Convention of the State of Mississippi Begun at the City of Jackson on August 12, 1890 and Concluded November 1, 1890.  Jackson, MS:  E.L. Martin, 1890.  Call Number:  JK4625 1890 A25.

Mississippi.  Democratic-Conservative Party.  State Executive Committee.  Radical Extravagance Contrasted with Democratic Economy.  State Executive Committee of the Democratic-Conservative Party of Mississippi, 1876.  Call Number:  JK2318 M7 M55.

Mississippi.  Governor.  Message.  [Jackson, MS].  Special Collections has scattered issues from 1875 to 1928.  Call Number:  J87 M72.

Mississippi.  Legislature.  House of Representatives.  Memorial Tributes to Hon. James S. Madison, of Noxubee County, and Hon. L.S. Terry, of Attala County, by House of Representatives, Jackson, Miss., January 8, 1894.  Jackson, MS:  Clarion-Ledger Publishing Co., 1894.  Call Number:  CT6950 M32.

Mississippi.  Legislature.  House of Representatives. The Testimony in the Impeachment of Adelbert Ames, as Governor of Mississippi.  Jackson, MS:  Power & Barksdale, 1877.  Call Number:  JK4659 Z5 1876a.

Mississippi.  Legislature.  Senate.  Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi, Sitting as a Court of Impeachment, in the Trials of Adelbert Ames, Governor, Alexander K. Davis, Lieutenant Governor, Thomas W. Cardozo, Superintendent of Public Education.  Jackson, MS:  Power & Barksdale, 1876.  Call Number:  JK4659 Z5 1876.

Mississippi Pharmaceutical Association.  [Proposed Pharmacy Law for the State of Mississippi].  Jackson, MS:  State Ledger Steam Publishing House, 1884.  Call Number:  RS5 M7 M5.

Mississippi Railroad Commission.  Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of Mississippi for the Year Ending...  Jackson, MS:  1887.  Special Collections has volumes for 1886 and 1886-87.  Call Number:  HE2709 M7.

Mississippi.  Republican State Executive Committee.  The Mississippi Text Book of Law and Facts for the Canvass of 1869, Arranged for Convenient Reference.  [Vicksburg, MS]:  Vicksburg Republican Print, 1869.  Call Number:  JK2358 M73 M5 1869.

Mississippi.  State Board of Immigration and Agriculture.  Guide to Mississippi.  Jackson, MS:  Pilot Publishing Co., 1874.  Call Number:  HC107 M7 G7.

Mississippi.  State Board of Immigration and Agriculture.  The State of Mississippi.  Resources, Condition and Wants.  Jackson, MS:  Clarion Steam Printing Establishment, 1879.  Call Number:  F341 M66.

Mississippi State Library.  Catalogue of the Mississippi State Library:  Together with the Laws, Rules and Regulations Providing for Its Governance.  Jackson, MS:  Mississippi Pilot Office, 1869.  Call Number:  Z881 M68 1869.

Mississippi.  Supreme Court.  Brief of Meek & Sims in the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi, in the Case of James Johnson, Plaintiff in Error, vs. the State of Mississippi.  In Error from the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County.  Plaintiff in Error Indicted for the Crime of Murder.  Columbus, MS:  Excelsior Book and Job Office, 1871.  Call Number:  JK4682 J6.

Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association.  Constitution and By-Laws of the Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association.  Clarksdale, MS:  Challenge Print, 1898.  Call Number:  JK1911 M7 C6 1898Available online as part of the Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association digital collection.

Money, H.D. (Hernando De Soto).  The Electoral Count.  Speech of Hon. Hernando D. Money, of Mississippi, in the House of Representatives, March 1, 1877.  Washington, DC:  1877.  Call Number:  JK1369 44th M6.

Money, H.D. (Hernando De Soto).  Repeal of the Federal Election Laws...Speech of Hon. H.D. Money, of Mississippi, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, October 5, 1893.  Washington, DC:  1893.  Call Number:  JK1962 M6.

Money, H.D. (Hernando De Soto).  Shall We Have a Navy?  Speech of Hon. H.D. Money, of Mississippi, in the House of Representatives, February 15, 1895.  Washington, DC:  1895.  Call Number:  VA52 M6.

Morgan, A.T.  Yazoo; Or, On the Picket LIne of Freedom in the South.  Washington, DC:  The Author, 1884.  Reconstruction politics in Yazoo County, Mississippi.  Call Number:  F341 M84.

Morris, J.S.  Letter from J.S. Morris, Esq., Attorney-General of Mississippi, on the Presidential Campaign of 1872.  [1872].  Call Number:  JK2281 M669 1872.

Morris, J.S.  Official Opinion of Attorney General Morris, Fixing the Time When the Next General Election Shall Be Held in the State:  No Election in 1873, All the State and County Officers, and Also the Present Legislature, Required by the Constitution to Hold over till the Constitutional General Election, in November, 1874:  The Governor's Letter, and the Official Opinion of the Attorney General.  [Jackson, MS:  1873].  Call Number:  JK4690 M67 1873.

Mortimer, George J.  Speech of Hon. Geo. J. Mortimer at the Great Mass Meeting of the Republicans at Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi, June 19, 1869.  [1869].  Call Number:  JK2358 M73 1869.

Morton, O.P.  Speech of Hon. O.P. Morton:  Delivered in the United States Senate, January 19, 1876, on the Mississippi Election.  [Washington, DC:  1876].  Call Number:  F341 M892.

National Rights to the Oregon Territory:  Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi:  Pledging the Support of that State to the General Government, in Maintaining the National Rights to the Oregon Territory.  [Washington, DC]:  Richie & Heiss, [1865].  Call Number:  F880 N37 1865.

The Old Guard:  A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Principles of 1776 and 1787.  [New York:  C. Chauncey Burr & Co., 1863-1870].  A journal of U.S. politics and government; Special Collections has scattered issues from 1863 through 1868.  Call Number:  E461 O44.   

Percy L. Rainwater, ed.  The Autobiography of Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (1808-1882).  [Oxford, MS:  1934].  Call Number:  E664 H92 A3 1934.

Reply of the Railroad Companies to the Protest of the Revenue Agent and His Attorneys.  [Jackson, MS:  News Publishing Co., 1899].  Call Number:  HE2771 M7 R4.

The Republican Party, the Standard Bearer of Civilization and National Progress.  [New York:  1872].  Call Number:  JK2358 M71 R4.

James D. Richardson.  A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy, Including Diplomatic Correspondence, 1861-1865; Published with the Permission of Congress.  Nashville:  United States Publishing Company, 1905.  Two volumes.  Call Number:  E487 C746.

Shall the County Site of Coahoma County, Mississippi, Be Removed?  A Full and Faithful History of the Events Attending the Late Canvass in Which that Issue Was Raised, Coupled with Some Reasons in Advocacy of Renewal.  Memphis:  S.C. Toof & Co., [1885].  Call Number:  F347 C7 S53 1885.

Shattuck, A.A.  In the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi, October Term, A.D. 1874, Writ of Error from Colfax County:  A.A. Shattuck, Plaintiff in Error, vs. The State, Defendant in Error.  [Columbus, MS:  Excelsior Job Office, 1874].  Call Number:  KFM6796 S53 1874.

Shea, George.  Jefferson Davis:  A Statement Concerning the Imputed Special Causes of His Long Imprisonment by the Government of the United States, and His Tardy Release by Due Process of Law.  London:  E. Stanford, 1877.  Call Number:  E467.1 D26 S5 1877.

Singleton, O.R.  Counting the Electoral Votes:  Speech of Hon. O.R. Singleton, of Mississippi in the House of Representatives, January 25, 1877.  Washington, DC:  1877.  Call Number:  JK2246 M7 S5 1877.

Singleton, O.R.  The Mississippi Election:  Speech of Hon. O.R. Singleton, of Mississippi, in the House of Representatives, August 14, 1876.  Washington, DC:  1876.  Call Number:  JK2246 M7 S5 1876.

Singleton, O.R. Speech of Hon. O.R. Singleton:  Delivered at Carthage, Miss., on the 3rd Day of September, 1877, before a Mass Meeting of the Citizens of Leake and Adjoining Counties.  [1877].  Call Number:  F341 S55 1877.

Stone, John Marshall.  The Pocket Veto of the Barry Railroad Bill.  A Review of the Arguments of the Friends of the Measure, and the Strictures of the Press, Particularly of the Elaborated Legal Argument of the "Clarion."  Jackson, MS:  The "Comet" Book Printing Establishment, 1879.  Call Number:  HE2771 M7 M515.

Sullivan, Marvin E.  A Table of All Mississippi Cases Which Have Ever Been Mentioned in the Opinions of the High Court of Errors and Appeals and of the Supreme Court of Mississippi...  Chicago:  Callaghan & Co., 1883.  Call Number:  KFM6645.2 S84 1883.

Thompson, Jacob.  A Leaf from History.  Report of J. Thompson, Secret Agent of the Late Confederate Government, Stationed in Canada, for the Purpose of Organizing Insurrection in the Northern States.  [Washington, DC:  Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1868].  Call Number:  E608 T48 1868.

Trumbull, Lyman.  Argument of Hon. Lyman Trumbull in the Supreme Court of the United States:  March 4, 1868, in the Matter of Ex Parte William H. McCardle, Appellant.  Washington, DC:  Government Printing Office, 1868.  Mississippi treason case.  Call Number:  F341 T7 1868.

University of Mississippi.  Bureau of Governmental Research.  Inaugural Addresses of the Governors of Mississippi.  University, MS:  1980-1981.  Volume one contains 1890 to 1980.  Volume two contains 1817 to 1890.  Call Number:  F341 I53.

United States.  Congress.  Senate.  Select Committee to Inquire into the Mississippi Election of 1875.  Mississippi in 1875:  Report of the Select Committee to Inquire into the Mississippi Election of 1875:  with the Testimony and Documentary Evidence.  Washington, DC:  Government Printing Office, 1876.  Two volumes.  Call Number:  JK2246 M7 A5 1876.

United States.  Supreme Court.  In Memoriam.  Lucius Q.C. Lamar.  [Washington, DC:  Government Printing Office, 1893].  Call Number:  KF8745 L33 S88.

University of Mississippi.  Bureau of Governmental Research.  The Constitutions of Mississippi, as Originally Adopted.  University, MS:  1982.  Call Number:  KFM7001 A4 1982.

Vance, Zebulon Baird and James Z. George.  Interstate Commerce:  Speeches of Hon. Z.B. Vance, of N.C., and Hon. J.Z. George, of Miss., in the Senate of the United States, January 9, 1885.  Washington, DC:  1885.  Call Number:  HF3007 V36 1885.

Vasser W.H. and J.Z. George.  In the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi:  W.H. Vasser vs. J.Z. George:  An Appeal from the Chancery Court of Carroll County:  Brief of Nugent & Yerger for Appellant.  Levee case.  Jackson, MS:  KFM6956 V37 1872.

Walker, Robert J.  Letter of Hon. R.J. Walker on the Purchase of Alaska, St. Thomas and St. John.  [Washington, DC:  Chronicle Print, 1868].  Former U.S. Senator from Mississippi.  Call Number:  F908 W18 1868.

Walker, Robert J.  Letter of Hon. Robt. J. Walker on the Annexation of Nova Scotia and British America.  [1869].  Former U.S. Senator from Mississippi.  Call Number:  F1033 W18 1869.

Walthal, Edward C.  Federal Election Bill:  Speech of Hon. E.C. Walthall, of Mississippi, in the Senate of the United States, December 12, 1890.  Washington, DC:  1890.  Also include Henry Cabot Lodge's "National Supervision of National Elections; and Other Related Speeches in Congress."  Call Number:  KF4885 A25 1890.

Walthall, Edward C.  The Race Problem in Politics.  Speech of Hon. E.C. Walthall, of Mississippi, in the Senate of the United States, August 27, 1888.  Washington, DC:  1888.  Call Number:  JK1929 M7 W3.

Walthall, Edward C.  Silver Coinage:  Speech of Hon. E.C. Walthall, of Mississippi, in the Senate of the United States, Thursday, September 7, 1893.  Washington, DC:  1893.  Call Number:  HG529 W3 1893.

Henry Waterman Warren.  Reminiscences of a Mississippi Carpet-bagger.  Photocopy of the 1914 edition.  Politics during Reconstruction.  Call Number:  F341 W29 1979.

Webb, George Franklin.  Mississippi Manual of Legal and Business Forms:  Containing Forms for Justices of the Peace, County Officers, Attorneys and Professional and Business Men Generally, in the State of Mississippi:  To Which Is Added the New Constitution, a Directory of the Several Courts, Post Offices, Stamp Duties, Postal Rates, Fees and Salaries of Public Officers, Election and Population Statistics, and Other Data Useful to the Public and Private Citizen.  Jackson, MS:  Clarion Steam Job and Book Printing Establishment and Book Bindery, 1869.  Second edition, revised and enlarged.  Call Number:  KFM6668 W43 1869.

Webster, Joseph Philbrick.  Protect the Freedman:  Song & Chorus, Sung by Skiff & Gaylord's Minstrels; Words by Luke Collins; Music by J.P. Webster.  Chicago:  Lyon & Healy, circa 1866.  Sheet music for political ballad.  Call Number:  M1640 W4 1866.

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