Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-10-24
PROSPECTUS OF
Besancon's Annual Reo;s,.
OF THE STATE or MISS

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ANOR l838.-To contain an Az
IL calculated for the meridian Of A.
ez; Sketches Of the early history oS
|, State; the State Constitution; the NJ
: oil all county and State officers; inoo
rated banks, with their official boards
3 pltalS, &c.; population Of the COUNTIES
county towns, with their distances A
Jackson; public buildings, churches
tells, stores and manufactures of the \
clpal or county towns; incorporated
road companies, with their official boa
amount of stock, and the localities of N
rail roads, whether commenced or in
temptation; list of colleges, academies
semnarles, with The date Of their inca
ration, annual income, names of presd|
professors or principals, and numbe
students or pupils; names of the cleo
precincts, post Offices, rivers, cre
lakes, bayous; description of natural
artificial curiosities; list of churches
various denominations, with the names
the clergymen and the number OF mJ
oers belonging to each; tables Of the b
ducts OF cotton in various years; a d
rected photography Of The Indian nan
OF counties, towns and rivers in the Chid
asaw and Choctaw cesslons, with n md
OF valuable statistics relating to the Sd
agriculture, resources and productions
the new counties, as well as the Stan
large:-To which will be added, cad
plele sectional map of the State, Shown
the divisions, course of streams and loc
ton OF county seats in the new counties
The necessity of an annual volume I'd
this, as a book of reference to every cid
zen engaged in business, as well as 10 I'd
Vellers and spectators, will be apparent
all. 1t is needed 10 develope the resource
OF the state; give useful information \
the emgrant, and to embody, in an access
slble compass, such valuable statistics \
can be obtained from no other source.
Laying aside the considerations Of uhlI
~, the ieeilGg OF State pride would be
su1lcient motive 10 sustain a pubhcaho
SO well calculated 10 SHOW, al a view. t|
agricultural wealth and a
most boundless resources of the State !
l he annual publication of the Reglse
the continuation OF which depends upO
The patronage OF the first year, will gN|
Inc publisher ample opportunity to kee
up with the improvements of the Stat
and make his volumes the annual record
81 the advance OF society IN mercanu
pursuits, IN the arts, in education, and al
hat embellishes life.
The publisher has been at the expen5
u sending an agent into every county 1
he State to obtain accurate statistics d
which he could rely. lie has also mad
arrangements to have the State map lc|
he Register engraved by distinguishes
rust IN an eastern city. He has only ID
ook to generous public for reimburse
nent OF these heavy expenses, and 70
efficient patronage to make it an OBJECTED
ontlnue the publication in future; but, a|
ne same time, he would scorn to ask apy|
'vor that may not be fully earned by thd
ltrlnslc merit and value Of the Register
tie commends his enterprise 10 all class
OF his lellow-citizens, to judges, coun.
clerks, registers, and those Stale off.
'rs who may have valuable information
II such a compilation, and whose inter.
It 1t may be to communicate the same for
lblication.
All matter for compilation which those
no are DESTROYS Of forwarding the enter
Use may furnish, should be transmitted
evlous to the first day of November
Xt.
The Register will be printed with new
pc, on hnepaper, in the duodecimo form,
tn more than two hundred pages--to be
und like the American Almanac, and
her ANNALS of the class.
The price of the Register, including the
,llonal map of the State, to subscribers,
Il be FIVE DOLLARS, payable on delivery
the volume. Large discounts will be
de to agents who become responsible
a number volumes, or who purchase
o sell again.
! limited number of advertising pages
be appended to the Register for the
'antage Friends who may desire their
ertlsements to penetrate every part of
state. Terms of advertising, One DOL
per line.
III orders for the work, and all commu-
'llons containing special information
e Incorporated in the Register, may be
resSed to the compiler and publisher.
l.. A. BESANCON.
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