Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 01 (of 14), 1898

by Mississippi Historical Society

PUBLICATIONS
OF
THE
Mississippi Historical Society

EDITED BY
FRANKLIN L. RILEY
SECRETARY
(REPRINTED 1919)
By
DUNBAR ROWLAND, LL. D.
Secretary

VOLUME I.

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI
PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY
1898

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OFFICERS FOR 1898.
PRESIDENT,
Gen. S. D. Lee.
VICE-PRESIDENT,
Dr. R. W. Jones.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER,
Franklin L. Riley, University P. O., Miss.
ARCHIVIST,
Chancellor R. B. Fulton.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
Dr. R. W. Jones,
Prof. J. W. White,
Supt. S. F. Boyd,
Supt. A. A. Kincannon,
Prof. Franklin L. Riley.

All persons interested in advancing the cause of Mississippi history are eligible for membership in the Society. There is no initiation fee. The only cost to members is annual dues, $2.00, or life dues $30.00. Members receive all publications of the Society free of charge. Single members, $2.00 a year.

All communications should be addressed to

FRANKLIN L. RILEY,
Secretary and Treasurer.

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CONTENTS

	Page.
1. Mississippi's "Backwoods Poet."
Dabney Lipscomb, A. M.	[1]
2. Mississippi as a Field for the Student of Literature.
W. L. Weber.	[16]
3. Suffrage in Mississippi.
R. H. Thompson, LL. D.	[25]
4. Spanish Policy in Mississippi After the Treaty
of San Lorenzo.
F. L. Riley, Ph. D.	[50]
5. Time and Place Relations in History with
Some Mississippi and Louisiana Applications.
Prof. H. E. Chambers.	[67]
6. The Study and Teaching of History.
Herbert B. Adams, Ph. D., LL. D.	[73]
7. Some Facts in the Early History of Mississippi.
R. W. Jones, A. M., LL. D.	[85]
8. Pre-Historic Jasper Ornaments in Mississippi.
R. B. Fulton, A.M. LL. D.	[91]
9. Suggestions to Local Historians.
Franklin L. Riley, Ph. D.	[96]
10. Some Inaccuracies in Claiborne's History in
Regard to Tecumseh.
H. S. Halbert.	[101]
11. Did Jones County Secede?
A. L. Bondurant.	[104]
12. Index	[107]