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Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Description
This newspaper clipping relays a letter the Memphis Argus newspaper received from Samuel J. Halle in which Halle describes an incident at Friar's Point, Mississippi in which the people of the community are "in arms against the Northern men who have been in the country but few months." The letter goes on to describe the hanging of three men and the aftermath of that incident and other similar incidents that happened in that area. The letter ends with the notice that the vigilance committee intends to hang any Northern man who comes to Friar's Point until March fourth. The rest of the clipping is an advertisement that is on the back of the aforementioned letter.
Publication Date
1860
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Time Period
1860-1869
Subjects
Newspapers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Geographic Location
Memphis, (Tenn.)
Object Type
text
Format (original)
newspaper clipping
Format (digital)
Digital ID
FVW-MANU-B1F209-2
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Original Manuscript Collection, Series 5: Miscellaneous Materials, 1838-1931, Box 1, Folder 209
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
Newspaper Clipping, "Excitement at Friar's Point, Miss.", 1860, Original Manuscript Collection, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.