Z 0497.000 Lowry (Robert) Papers

Miscellaneous letters and papers of Governor Robert Lowry, including seven letters, three night letters and a petition concerning the removal of the county seat of Coahoma County; a manuscript concerning the ladies of Jackson during the federal invasion in 1863, written by R. A. DeRussy, 1906; a letter concerning the Marion riot murders; a letter thanking Mrs. F. A. Meade for Alexander K. McClung's picture; a petition from the Cotton Exchange of Meridian for the appointment of D. C. McMillen as Commissioner of Railroads; an accident policy taken out by General Lowry in 1866 made payable to Jefferson Davis; and a letter of introduction for Miss Dora Asher during a trip to Germany in 1884.