Excerpt from Report of the Secretary and Treasurer of the Mississippi Historical Society, 1898-1902 An official report of the Secretary and Treasurer of the Missis sippi Historical Society for the five years that have elapsed since its reorganization in 1898 is here given in response to numerous inquiries with reference to the development of historical work in the State. At the last meeting of the Society, before the suspen sion of its activity in 1893, the following officers were elected ex-gov. Robert Lowry, President; ...
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Excerpt from Report of the Secretary and Treasurer of the Mississippi Historical Society, 1898-1902 An official report of the Secretary and Treasurer of the Missis sippi Historical Society for the five years that have elapsed since its reorganization in 1898 is here given in response to numerous inquiries with reference to the development of historical work in the State. At the last meeting of the Society, before the suspen sion of its activity in 1893, the following officers were elected ex-gov. Robert Lowry, President; Dr. R. W. Jones, Vice - Presi dent; Chan. R. B. Fulton, Archivist; and Dr. William Rice Sims, Secretary and Treasurer. Shortly after entering upon the dis charge of his duties as Professor of History in the University of Mississippi, in 1897, the writer was requested by Dr. Jones and Chan. Fulton to accept the position of Secretary and Treasurer of the Society, which position had been vacant for more than four years. At that time the outlook for the Society was by no means encouraging, and its former friends had for the most part but little hope of the final success of the efforts to revive it. The most encouraging feature of the outlook was the fact that although there seemed to be few who would enter heartily into the work, there were none who would actively oppose it. At a meeting of the State Teachers' Association, held at the University of Mississippi in the summer of 1897, a resolution was introduced at the request of the writer, asking the Legislature to appropriate to the Mississippi Historical Society to enable it to carry out the patriotic purposes for which it was organized. Although this resolution met some Opposition it was passed by the Association. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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