MISSISSIPPI, AS A PROVINCE, TERRITORY AND STATE, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF EMINENT CITIZENS, BY J.F.H. CLAIBORNE. VOLUME I.

Published by Jackson, MS - Baton Rouge, LA: published for The Mississippi Historical Society by Louisiana State University Press [LSU Press], 1964.

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Ex-high school library copy. Reprint of the original 1880 edition published by Power & Barksdale with the addition of a Foreword by Mississippi State University historian John K. Bettersworth and an Index compiled by C.M. Lagrone. xxx, 546, [35] pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.5cm. Pale gray dust jacket lightly soiled; library shelf sticker affixed near spine heel; front flap is price-clipped. Dark gray cloth; slight scuffing at spine ends; spine's gilt stamping still fairly bright; ding and tear to cloth at front board's bottom margin. Light toning and soiling to text block edges. Glue residue and peeling to pastedowns from removal of library's dj protector; high school library bookplate on front free endpaper; several library stamps and pencil notations on early pages; date due sheet and library pocket affixed to rear free endpaper; ink underlining found on pages 158, 329, plus a mark in Index section; some scattered pencil notes and marks found among later pages upon a quick perusal but other such markings may be present; interior pages overall remain clean. Binding is firm. With b/w illustrations including frontispiece portrait of Governor Claiborne; original errata note reproduced on page 546; book's unpaged concluding Index was compiled in 1939 by C.M. Lagrone. A meticulous researcher, J.F.H. Claiborne's landmark book remains a highly regarded examination of the early history of Mississippi. Volume I was all that as published as the completed manuscript for Volume II was lost when the author's home burned in March 1884 which was soon after followed by Claiborne's death on May 17, 1884. {MS-Shelf #7}.…

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Title
MISSISSIPPI, AS A PROVINCE, TERRITORY AND STATE, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF EMINENT CITIZENS, BY J.F.H. CLAIBORNE. VOLUME I.
Author
Claiborne, J.F.H. [John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne], 1809-1884. John K. Bettersworth, 1909-1991 (Foreword). C.M. Lagrone (indexer).
Publisher
Jackson, MS - Baton Rouge, LA: published for The Mississippi Historical Society by Louisiana State University Press [LSU Press], 1964.
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