The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-06-01
A VALUABLE WORK.
Published BY Director of Arch
ives Of History.

otRRa
and biography, which has been in
preparation for two years, according
TO the plans and under the editor
ship of DR.. Dunbar Rowland, State
director of Archives and History, has
Just been published. 1t is in three
volumes, handsomely printed and
bound, comprising three Thousand
large octave pages. The first two
volumes, of over one thousand pages
each, are filled with articles upon the
various topics of Mississippi history,
biography of historical characters,
and mention Of each county and town,
forming a complete State gazetteer,
all being arranged alphabetically for
easy reference. Opening the hrst
volume we find particularly valuable
articles on Aberdeen, Academies and
Colleges, Ackia, battle OF; Adams
county, Adams, Daniel W.. ; Adams,
George; Adams Message, Adams,
Robert II. /; Adams, Stephens; Adams,
II. S. A. : Adams, William Writ;
Advent of the Flag describing the
occupation Of Natchcz district by
the United States in 1866. Agricul-
lure. Agricultural and Mechanical
college, Agricultural Organizations,
Alabama battle, Alcorn, James l.. !;
Alcorn's Administration; Allen, John
NJ. which may be taken as a sample
OF the diversity or the contents and
carries US over some Seventy-two
Lagos replete with historic facts
ated with brevity and clearneSs, as
Is desirable in such d work. 1t APP
pears to be the purpose Of the work
u give a biography OF every person
notably associated with the history OF
the State, from fernando de Soto to
the senators and congressman or the
present day. There is a biograph of
every governor and sketches OF every
governors administration, which, reao
!. consecutive order, form a COM
pete history of the State. 1t is par
! cularly pleasing TO find biographies
John II Ingraham, William Dun
bar, Barnard Ship, Irwin Russell
aiA the ike. as we'll as OF men dis
t lsuished in the political field. The
.mous religious men and educators
are given glace, and there are lli>t"r-
S OF churches and colleges ID we'll
as of political and military organlza-
llons. "Duelling is the subject of an
,tereSting three page article. Con
vantion, Pearl River, is a c"mpiete
aad authentic statement resaIdi1e
me convention preliminary 10 the
formation OF the State. BRITISH
.est Florida, :" relates the hist Try os
~ English settlemtn nj OF this re-
gion before the Revolution. Many
,,,pics are thoroughly developed AID
,e,ne more in detail than such as
".sailroads' and "LevecS." subjects
, 4 which, in Mississippi, there can be
found no historic sketch except In
This comprehensive work. Under
the heads OF congressman and Sena-
tors one finds lists OF all federal rep
les~entativeS aud much political IN
formation. presidential elections
gives the popular vote in every elec-
t4on for president since 1924. Attic
lbs on Judiciary cover the history OF
n courts from the earliest day to tie
preselu time, and these are supple
mented by good biographies OF every
Justice of the supreme court, nigh
court. territorial and federal courts,
and the eminent lawyers OF the past
r he essence OF every publication re-
cArdlng Mississippi has been extract
ei for this work, with abundant re-
ferenceS to these authorities, and this
has been combined with many details
never before published, and the Whole
subject brought down to the present
day. Since the creation OF the Mis-
sissippi Department of Archives and
History, historical materials OF the
most valuable and interesting charac-
ter have heen made accessible to stu
dents and investigators. These col
lcctions have been extensively used
for the first time, in the preparation
of theS publications; SO that it may be
said with entire accuracy that the
Encyclopedia of Mississippi History
is the first story of the State, the
fact of which have been taken from
original sources. The purpose OF
this work is to give a concrete know
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political division uf the United Stale.
which. after all, is d record OF tl,e
s.ciai. political, industrials and inSti-
tutional development IF its people. "a
The comment cannot be denied that.
very intelligent and able use has been
made OF the materials for SUCH d
work, and that the result is credi-
table in the highest degree to the
editor and publishers. 1t is probably
fair to Say that no other State id the
Union has a historical work, cover
ing the entire period Of its history
more entirely worthy Of praise thar
is this cyclopedia OF Mississippi. IL
no other respect Is the tnorouRhneSs
of the work more apparent than IL
those articles relating to the Confed.
crate States period. These are basec
upon the Off ;ial records, both STATE
and nal. onaI. and form a compendium
OF Mississippi history in that impor'
tant period that will be found 81
great value. The articles, Pettu!
States. Army of Northern Virginia