[Various locations: 1861-1865]. Forty letters, approximately [96]pp. Many with original envelopes. Light wear and soiling, old folds. In a legible hand. Together with twelve additional family letters and two military commissions. A wonderful archive of correspondence written home from the Confederate lines by William Henry Tabb of the 14th Mississippi..... More
![Item #5112 [Manuscript Amnesty Oath from Mississippi Following the Civil War]. Civil War,...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB5112.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1722282327)
Tishomingo County, Ms. November 3, 1865. [1]p. of manuscript on a folio sheet. Old folds, minor wear and soiling. A manuscript true copy of a loyalty oath taken by Thomas B. Kerr of Tishomingo County, Mississippi following the end of the Civil War. The oath itself reads: "I do solemnly..... More
St. Louis: 1877. [2],39pp. Original limp cloth covers, gilt. Light fading and wear. Library ink stamp on title page. Minor wear to contents. Memorial submitted to Congress by the members of the River Improvement Convention held in St. Paul, advocating for an allocation of government funds to improve the flow..... More
![Item #5027 Electric Power from the Mississippi River Bulletin No.1 [-10]. Mississippi River,...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB5027_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721407328)
Keokuk, Ia. Mississippi River Power Company, 1911-1913. Ten volumes, complete. Profusely illustrated. Oblong folio. Each issue measuring 9 x 12 inches, in original pictorial wrappers, two holes punched along spines and bound together in a later gray cloth Tatum-style Y binder with leather corners. Minor edge wear and staining to..... More
![Item #4629 The Replevin Law of 1861. Natchez Courier Extra...July 22, 1865 [caption title]....](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4629.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1708712358)
Natchez, Ms. July 22, 1865. 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..... More