Collection Title: Jacobs, Charles C.
Collection Number: M119 1999.011; 2003.001; 2006.21; 2006.129
Dates: Inclusive 1852 to 1999
Bulk 1852 to 2003
Volume: .209 Linear Feet
Processor: W. Ray
Scope and Content:
This collection consists of the legal and personal experiences of Charles C. Jacobs, Jr., plantation life in Bolivar County and an accounting of the Mississippi River flood in 1882, miscellaneous books and the military and political history of Charles Clark through news clippings and letters.
Inventory:
Box # 1
Box / Folder 1999.011 and 2003.001
Volumes I and II of Memoirs of a Country Lawyer by Charles C. Jacobs, Jr.
Box / Folder 2006.21
This collection consisted of books that were placed on the shelves in the Reading Room:
- Volume I and II by Thomas Jefferson “The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government”
- 1908 MS Official & Statistical Register published by MS Dept. of Archives
- Cultural Resources Survey of the Lake Beulah Landside Bern – 1992
- Thesis by John Coleman Wade, Jr. 1949 “Charles Clark: Confederate General and Mississippi Governor
- Delta Tour Guide 1979 – 80
- “An Illustrated Story of the Great Civil War” C.R. Graham
- Thesis: by Anna Alice Kamper 1942 “ A Social & Economic History of Antebellum Bolivar County, Mississippi
Box / Folder 2006.129
1 / 1 Thesis: The Operation of Doro Plantation, 1852 – 1862
Historical Research Project: The Mississippi River Flood of 1882
1 / 2 Copies of Military Correspondence dated 1860-1866:
To: Gen. Clark From: Lt. Polk 5 Aug 1860
To: Col. Clark From: John Reeves 20 Mar 1861
To: Gen Clark From: AK Blythe 21 Mar 1862
To: Gen. Clark From: Douglas Walworth 26 March 1861
To: Gen. Clark From: Lt. Col French – Ordinance Office
28 March 1861 – Arms listing
To: Gen. Clark From: N. Cassidy 17 May 1861
To: Gen. Clark From James Huddleston 22 May 1861
To: Gen From: S.B. Buckham 27 Jan 1862
To: Gen From SB Buckham 27 Feb 1862
To: Gen. Clark From: Union Men Listing 7 Feb 1862
To: Gen. From: WH Haynes 10 Mar 1862
To: Special Order From: May. Gen Polk 17 Mar 1862
To: Gen Clark From Bethel Sta A.K. Blythe 21 Mar 1862
To: Major George Williamson From: Charles Clark 8 April 1862
To: Brig Gen Clark/Butler From: Gen Thomas Jordan, 6 May 1862
To: Brig. Gen Clark From: AA Genl. Butler 7 May 1862
To: Brig. Gen Clark From: AA Genl. Butler 8 May 1862
To: Gen. Clark From: H.S. Bonney 16 Sept 1863
To: Gen. From: Wm. D. Lyles 8 Nov. 1863
To: Gen Clark From: C. Leverson 29 Dec. 1863
To: Maj. Geo. Williamson From: Brig Genl Chas Clark14 May 1865
To: Diary From: Soldier 3-6 June 1865
To: Mr. Clark From: ? Flemmingsburg 30 Aug 18—
To: Whom It Concerns: From Charles Clark 12 Sept 1865
To: Mr. Clark From: Varina Davis (Mrs. Jefferson Davis)
30 Aug 1865
To: Gov. Clark From: Vanina Davis 12 Feb 1866
To: Gen. Clark From: N.B. Forrest 4 Sept 1866
To: Pres. Andrew Johnson From Charles Clark 29 Oct. 1866
To: Whom It Concerns: From Charles Clark 6 Oct 1874
To: Gov. Clark Vanina Davis 12 Feb. 1866
To: Maj. Gen. Forrest From: Maj. C. Leverson 29 Dec. 1863
To: Gen. Clark From: H.S. Bonney 1 Oct. 1863
To: Whom It Concerns: From: Charles Clark 12 Sept 1865
1 / 3 Copies of:
Copy of framed photo of Doro Plantation Home 1886 (?)
Ann Eliza Jacob – George Reyneer Jacobs – ?
Charles C. Jacobs; Ned A Jacobs (George);Margaret Adelia Jacob (Catching);
George R. Jacobs Jr.; nurse; Frank Jacobs or Dave Jacobs
Copy of framed print “The Clark Place near Beulah” features river and tent
Poem: Iwo Jima: Why and How by Frank Gardner, Fifth Amphibious Corps 1945
Clipping: Daily Times leader – West Point, MS 10 Nov. 1965 “Charles Clark
was the Hero of Mississippi”
Magazine mail call
Jackson Daily 15 Dec. 1963 100 Years Ago: Governor Clark – problems confronting the state
The National Observer 8 Oct 1962 100 Years Ago: “When the Shooting Was All Over, A Soldier Arrested a Governor”
Copy of Clipping: “Clark Was A Soldier, Statesman and Jurist” summary biography
Copy from text: Summary of life of Charles Clark
Copy of Commercial Appeal 16 Aug 1960 Article regarding house. Photo of historic house that served as temporary capital of MS in 1865.
Copy of Commercial Appeal: “Ghosts of historic Mien haunt Old Morgan House
Typewritten text: The Macon Beacon, Macon, Mississippi – John Morgan House.
1 / 4 Letter to: Charlie Dated 25 July 1821 From James Clark (father)
Charles 18 Mar 1831 From James Clark
Charles 1 Aug 1833 From James Clark
Charles 4 July 1831 From James Clark
My Dear Sir 3 July 1832 Cincinnati William McLean
Charles 10 July 1833 From William Clark
Charles March Lebanon William Clark
Charley 12 Nov 1833 From James Clark
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