1 10 1 https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/7/2187/petition.png 1ae2877876264505bf078d4f1fe23742 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Feby 2—1874 To his Excellencey Adelbert Ames Governor of the State of Mississippi The undersigned Senators and Representatives of the several Counties Composing the Fifth Judicial District Respectfully show unto your honor that on the second day of February A D 1874 there was passed through both Houses of the Legislature a Bill Entitled Senate Bill No Entitled An act to [gap] In the fourth Judicial District and for other purposes We would further Represent that this Law was passed in a hurry without due deliberation is manifestly unjust and oppresses [?] the Judge of the 5th Judicial District. In this that the Terratory in question is about equally Divided While the amount of population and the amount of business transacted in the Fifth District is almost equal to all of the Business Trans-acted in the first and fourth District in point of Time consumed and in population The population of the Fifth being upwards of Nine Thousand While the Combined population of the First and fourth Districts Barely Exceeds Ten Thousand The Judge of the Fifth District is required to hold his Court for Twenty Eight Weeks while the Judge of the First District is only required to serve for Fourteen Weeks It seems to us sir that the Territory and business is unfairly divided in point of population Territory Business and means of access & would Respectfuly petion Your Excellencey to Return Senate bill dissapproved And as In duty Bound your petitioners will ever pray John Street Senator of the 6th Dist T. L. Mendenhall Senator of 8th Dist <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/haskin-s--smith--claiborne-cou">Haskins S Smith</a> M [?] <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/joseph-smothers--claiborne-cou">J Smothers</a> Represintif Claiborn <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/richard-christmas--copiah-coun">Richard Christmas</a> Rep from Copiah County David Buffkin Rep Copiah Representative from Simpson S Legett ” ” Lawrence E O Cowart ” Smith G. W. Stubbs ” Jasper J. F. Smith ” Jones & Covington E. M. Derall H B McClure Senator of Jefferson and Franklin <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-d--cessor--jefferson-cou">James D. Cessor</a> H. R. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-r--landers--jefferson-">Wm R. Landers</a> H. R. Representatives from Jefferson Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Petition to Governor Adelbert Ames Description An account of the resource Petition from a number of senators and representatives to Governor Adelbert Ames regarding the division of judicial districts. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-02-02 Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/haskin-s--smith--claiborne-cou">Smith, Haskin S.</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/joseph-smothers--claiborne-cou">Smothers, Joseph, active 1872-1886</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/richard-christmas--copiah-coun">Christmas, Richard, active 1874-1875</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-d--cessor--jefferson-cou">Cessor, James D., active 1872-1877</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-r--landers--jefferson-">Landers, William R., active 1872-1876</a>; Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Document at the <a href="https://cwrgm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project</a>. Original held at the Mississippi Department of Archives & History. ames cessor christmas h smith landers smothers