Collection Title:Jacobs, Charles C.

Collection Number:M119 1999.011; 2003.001; 2006.21; 2006.129

Dates: Inclusive1852to 1999

Bulk1852 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 BolivarCounty and an accounting of the Mississippi Riverflood in 1882, miscellaneous books and the military and political history of Charles Clark through newsclippings and letters.

Inventory

Box # 1

Box / Folder1999.011 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 LakeBeulah 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 / Folder2006.129

1 /1Thesis: The Operation of Doro Plantation, 1852 – 1862

Historical Research Project: The Mississippi River Flood of 1882

1 / 2Copies of Military Correspondence dated 1860-1866:

To:Gen. ClarkFrom: Lt. Polk 5 Aug 1860

To:Col. ClarkFrom: John Reeves 20 Mar 1861

To:Gen ClarkFrom:AK Blythe 21 Mar 1862

To:Gen. ClarkFrom: Douglas Walworth 26 March 1861

To:Gen. ClarkFrom:Lt.Col French – Ordinance Office

28 March 1861 – Arms listing

To:Gen. ClarkFrom:N. Cassidy 17 May 1861

To:Gen. ClarkFrom James Huddleston 22 May 1861

To:GenFrom: S.B. Buckham 27 Jan 1862

To:GenFrom SB Buckham 27 Feb 1862

To:Gen. ClarkFrom:Union Men Listing 7 Feb 1862

To:Gen.From: WH Haynes 10 Mar 1862

To:Special OrderFrom: May. Gen Polk 17 Mar 1862

To:Gen ClarkFrom Bethel Sta A.K. Blythe 21 Mar 1862

To:Major George WilliamsonFrom: Charles Clark 8 April 1862

To:Brig Gen Clark/ButlerFrom:Gen Thomas Jordan, 6 May 1862

To:Brig. Gen ClarkFrom:AA Genl. Butler 7 May 1862

To:Brig. Gen ClarkFrom:AA Genl. Butler 8 May 1862

To:Gen. ClarkFrom: H.S. Bonney 16 Sept 1863

To:Gen.From: Wm. D. Lyles 8 Nov. 1863

To: Gen ClarkFrom: C. Leverson 29 Dec. 1863

To: Maj. Geo. WilliamsonFrom:Brig Genl Chas Clark14 May 1865

To: DiaryFrom: Soldier 3-6 June 1865

To:Mr. ClarkFrom: ? Flemmingsburg 30 Aug 18—

To:Whom It Concerns:From Charles Clark 12 Sept 1865

To: Mr. ClarkFrom: Varina Davis (Mrs. Jefferson Davis)

30 Aug 1865

To:Gov. ClarkFrom: Vanina Davis 12 Feb 1866

To:Gen. ClarkFrom: N.B. Forrest 4 Sept 1866

To: Pres. Andrew JohnsonFrom Charles Clark 29 Oct. 1866

To:Whom It Concerns:From Charles Clark 6 Oct 1874

To:Gov. ClarkVanina Davis12 Feb. 1866

To:Maj. Gen. ForrestFrom: Maj. C. Leverson 29 Dec. 1863

To:Gen. ClarkFrom: H.S. Bonney 1 Oct. 1863

To:Whom It Concerns:From: Charles Clark 12 Sept 1865

1 / 3Copies 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, MS10 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 / 4Letter to: CharlieDated 25 July 1821From James Clark (father)

Charles 18 Mar 1831From James Clark

Charles1 Aug 1833From James Clark

Charles4 July 1831From James Clark

My Dear Sir 3 July 1832Cincinnati William McLean

Charles 10 July 1833From William Clark

CharlesMarchLebanon William Clark

Charley12 Nov 1833From James Clark

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