LLNEW 225002 1.D 1 UNS. L. Copyrighted, 1901 BY THE MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY Neither the Editor nor the Society assumes any responsibility PREFACE. The generous and enlightened policy of the State Legislature has enabled the Historical Society to present this year's contributions to the history of Mississippi in a volume that is in every way superior to those which have heretofore appeared. An examination of the table of contents of this volume will convey the gratifying intelligence that most of the fruitful lines of research which were begun by the contributors to the preceding volumes have been successfully continued and that several new lines of investigation have also been undertaken. Attention is directed to the wide range of subjects here treated, -social, genealogical, biographical, economic, educational, religious, literary, local, military, constitutional and aboriginal. The publication of this volume marks the beginning of two other phases of historical work,-the printing of original documents and of the results of interviews with pioneer settlers-which promises to be of inestimable value to historical investigators. The editor acknowledges with pleasure the assistance he has received from many members of the Society who have generously responded to the numerous inquiries that his work has rendered necessary in the preparation of this volume for the press. F. L. R. University, Miss.. Nov. 1, 1900. |