Z 0509.000 McLaurin (Anselm J.) Papers

Miscellaneous correspondence of A. J. McLaurin, including a letter from M. A. McKinnon to Mrs. McLaurin concerning McLaurin's campaign for the United States Senate; copies of some letters presented to Colonel John Hay on his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, introducing Major J. Burke Hendry; copy of a letter transmitting a patent for lands granted to Mississippi for Industrial Institute and College for Girls.

Several items were transferred to the official records of the administration of Anselm J. McLaurin as governor, and are now in the Government Records, Series 831, Correspondence and Papers, 1895-1900. These include copies of some letters presented to Colonel John Hay on his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, introducing Major J. Burke Hendry, and a copy of a letter transmitting a patent for lands granted to Mississippi for Industrial Institute and College for Girls. The list of transferred items follows:

McLaurin to E. H. Hall, Land Commissioner, March 2, 1899 (regarding lands for Industrial Institute and College for Girls). Box 1147, fol. 346.

T.[?] W. Hagern [?] to McLaurin June 6 [or 4], 1898, Box 1141, fol. 264.

McLaurin to unidentified addressee, June 21, 1897 [printed as if 1877], Box 1133, fol. 160.

Certified copies of letters endorsing John Burke Hendry, London, England, March-April, 1897. Box 1132, fol. 145.

Petition to McLaurin to appoint John Burke Hendry commissioner of deeds in London, June 5, 1897, Box 1133, fol. 157.

S. W. Lamoreaux, Dept. of Interior, to Register and Receiver, U. S. Land Office, Jackson, Dec. 10, 1896, Box 1130, fol. 117.

Robert E. Wilson, Reg. U. S. Land Office, Jackson, to McLaurin, Feb. 18, 1897, Box 1131, fol. 128.

Governor’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, Nov. 5, 1898, Box 1145, fol. 311.

Governor’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, Nov. 17, 1899, Box 1154, fol. 436.