The Ripley transcript. (Ripley, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1837-11-16
DrsAscos'- ANNUAL Rro,.y,a,
or rnr STATE or MISS, ROW ieaa.

o' rmr STATE or Miss, rop iran
HNo contain an nhual Al,nanach. e.l.,,.
IL for tho meridian of hatcher, sta,' 'pa'l
the early History Of the State; tho s,o,. c' y
tuticui the names ofai County and s,a,s o .onI'
Incorporated Banks, with their ofycia h,. va"e''
pital; &c.; Population Of the counties .na ,'u' a.
towns, with their distances from .JaeLsou ,o'ay
Buildings, Churchcs Hotels. Stores and N. .usl'
tories olthe principal or county towns Ia.'
rated Railroad Companies, with their I'.O'o'
amount o. stock, and the localities or H.. "afi
roads, whether commenced IN in cop,en., nl'
List of Colleges, Academies and sem;no,;a p'''nh
the date of their Incorporation, animal INV. VIA
names of President, Professors, or princ;r.,s 'pt
number Of sttdentsor principals; Names psa aro
lection Precincts, Post Offices, Rivers c ,S.
Lakes, Bayous Descriptions of natural .. ass
cia Curiositlesi LIST of Churches of v,r;o,. a ~
limitations, with the names of the Cercymas s'uy !,
the number of members belonging to each. T.r ana
of the products of Cotton IN various veors. s"e'
rected Orthography Of the Indian names osc r.u
ties, Towns and Rivers in. the Cbick,s.,ss' 'p,
Choctaw Cessions, with a mass of yalp,hIo o. aD
tistics relating TO the i'll, agriculture, reson,"
and productions of the new counties as well ,~'s
State at large. To which viii be added :, s. 1'
plete sectional Map of the State SHOWING .h s'1'
visions, coarse of streams, and location If oon.,
seats in the new counties. 'H''
The necessity of an annual volume like tb;s -.
book of reference to every citizen eucaced i wv.
slness, as well as to travellers and snecp.,a..
will be apparent to all. 1t is needed to deveuon'
the resources of the State; TO give useful inform,
ton to the emigrant, and to emBody, in an acres.
slble compass, sueh valuable statistics as can ID
obtained from no other source.
Laying aside the considerations of util;tv ,,s
feeling Of State pride would be sufficient ,oo,;r.
to sustain publication so well calculated to shaw
at view, the population, agric.. .curl wealth, and
almost boundless resources ofthe State. Tina an.
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vance OF society in mercantile pursuits, in the art,
IN education, and all that embellishes life. h
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a generous public for reimbursement of these l.,.
Wy expenses, and for suficiep. patronage TO make
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