Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 187

Price Realized: $ 180
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(MISSISSIPPI.) Group of 4 reports on the admission of the Mississippi Territory to statehood. 5 volumes. 8vo, disbound; some with inked stamps of War Department Library. Washington, 1811-1817

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The Mississippi Territory was established in 1798, and began to press for statehood in 1811. In 1817, the eastern portion was set off as Alabama Territory. Mississippi became a state in 1817, with Alabama soon to follow. Includes: Report of the Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Propriety of Admitting the Mississippi Territory into the Union. Sabin 49537. 9 January 1811 Report of the Committee to whom was Referred a Memorial of the . . . Mississippi Territory . . . and also a Petition of the Inhabitants of West Florida. 17 December 1811 Report of the Committee to which was Referred . . . the Memorial of the Mississippi Territory. 23 December 1816 Report of the Committee to whom was Referred a Memorial . . . from Fifteen Counties in the Mississippi Territory. 17 January 1817 (2 copies).