Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Dr. Patton Speech Manuscript (Z/0553).
Creator/Collector: Dr. Patton.
Date(s): July 4, 1876.
Size: 0.10 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: Reprocessed by Allyson Hartling and Laura Heller, 2024.
Provenance: Gift of T.J. Hood on an unknown date.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: Dr. Patton Speech Manuscript (Z/0553), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Scope and Content Note:

This collection consists of one handwritten manuscript of a speech presented by Reverend Dr. Patton on July 4, 1876, on the courthouse steps in Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi. The speech was given in honor of Independence Day celebrations. Dr. Patton speaks at great length of the struggles in the Mississippi Territory through trade with the various indigenous tribes that settled in the vicinity of Lee County.

 

Series Identification:

Series 1: Dr. Patton Speech Manuscript, July 4, 1876.
One handwritten speech manuscript on 43 pages of legal length paper. The speech is on both sides of each page.

Box 1, folders 1-4.

 

Box List:

Box 1, Folder 1: Speech, Reverend Dr. Patton, Courthouse (Tupelo, Miss.), July 4, 1876 (pages 1-12).
Box 1, Folder 2: Speech, Reverend Dr. Patton, Courthouse (Tupelo, Miss.), July 4, 1876 (pages 3-24). 
Box 1, Folder 3: Speech, Reverend Dr. Patton, Courthouse (Tupelo, Miss.), July 4, 1876 (pages 25-36). 
Box 1, Folder 4: Speech, Reverend Dr. Patton, Courthouse (Tupelo, Miss.), July 4, 1876 (pages 37-43).