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"Jackson, Capital of Mississippi and Old Capitols of the State." Top: "The building above, the old brick church at Washington, Mississippi was used as the first state house. It was erected in 1816 and in 1817 Mississippi's first constitution was written and adopted, and the first legislature of the new state convened there. The preliminary trial of Aaron Burr, for treason, was held beneath some old oak trees nearby." Bottom: "The first capitol of Mississippi, a small two story brick structure occupied the site where the Harding Building stands (1939). The building long since razed saw Robert J. Walker, famous Mississippian elected to the U.S. Senate and heard the campaigning of General Andrew Jackson for the presidency."
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"Jackson, Capital of Mississippi and Old Capitols of the State." Top: "The building above, the old brick church at Washington, Mississippi was used as the first state house. It was erected in 1816 and in 1817 Mississippi's first constitution was written and adopted, and the first legislature of the new state convened there. The preliminary trial of Aaron Burr, for treason, was held beneath some old oak trees nearby." Bottom: "The first capitol of Mississippi, a small two story brick structure occupied the site where the Harding Building stands (1939). The building long since razed saw Robert J. Walker, famous Mississippian elected to the U.S. Senate and heard the campaigning of General Andrew Jackson for the presidency."
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- Title: Pictorial History, South Mississippi … WPA Mississippi Historical Research Project, 1936-1937
- Description: "Jackson, Capital of Mississippi and Old Capitols of the State." Top: "The building above, the old brick church at Washington, Mississippi was used as the first state house. It was erected in 1816 and in 1817 Mississippi's first constitution was written and adopted, and the first legislature of the new state convened there. The preliminary trial of Aaron Burr, for treason, was held beneath some old oak trees nearby." Bottom: "The first capitol of Mississippi, a small two story brick structure occupied the site where the Harding Building stands (1939). The building long since razed saw Robert J. Walker, famous Mississippian elected to the U.S. Senate and heard the campaigning of General Andrew Jackson for the presidency."
- Call Number: Series 0443
- Filename: 73473-sb1-40.tif