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THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI OF A PUBLIC AND GENERAL NATURE, WITH THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE; AND AN APPENDIX CONTAINING ACTS OF CONGRESS AFFECTING LAND TITLES, NATURALIZATION, &C. AND A MANUAL FOR CLERKS, SHERIFFS AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. COMPILED BY V.E. HOWARD AND A. HUTCHINSON. BY AUTHORITY
by [Mississippi]
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About This Item
New Orleans: E. Johns & Co. Stationers' Hall [verso of title page: Printed by T.K. and P.G. Collins, Philadelphia], 1840. xii, 885 pp, with the half title. A very clean text, with minor exceptions. Bound in worn contemporary sheep [hinges starting, spine chipped, institutional bookplate on front pastedown], institutional rubberstamp on title page. Else Very Good.
The origins of the State of Mississippi are recounted in the printing of the Cession from Georgia, the Act admitting Mississippi into the Union, and the Act establishing its northern boundary. The complete set of laws, organized by subject, and the constitutions of the United States and the State of Mississippi, with a detailed Slave Code and other subjects, are printed.
Jumonville 1156 [noting that it is "not a New Orleans imprint"]. Sabin 33282. OCLC records mostly Kirtas Technologies reprints.
The origins of the State of Mississippi are recounted in the printing of the Cession from Georgia, the Act admitting Mississippi into the Union, and the Act establishing its northern boundary. The complete set of laws, organized by subject, and the constitutions of the United States and the State of Mississippi, with a detailed Slave Code and other subjects, are printed.
Jumonville 1156 [noting that it is "not a New Orleans imprint"]. Sabin 33282. OCLC records mostly Kirtas Technologies reprints.
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- David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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- Title
- THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI OF A PUBLIC AND GENERAL NATURE, WITH THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE; AND AN APPENDIX CONTAINING ACTS OF CONGRESS AFFECTING LAND TITLES, NATURALIZATION, &C. AND A MANUAL FOR CLERKS, SHERIFFS AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. COMPILED BY V.E. HOWARD AND A. HUTCHINSON. BY AUTHORITY
- Author
- [Mississippi]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- E. Johns & Co. Stationers' Hall [verso of title page: Printed by T.K. and P.G. Collins, Philadelphia]
- Place of Publication
- New Orleans
- Date Published
- 1840
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICANA;
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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Woodbridge, Connecticut
About David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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