Newspapers--Mississippi. Daily Messenger (Meridian, Miss.)

The Meridian Messenger was a daily newspaper published in Meridian, Mississippi after the Civil War. It ran from around November 1865 until it was purchased by Ginson and Shannon in March 1867, who changed the name to the Meridian Gazette. (The Mobile Daily Times, Mobile, AL, November 15, 1865; The Livingston Journal, Livingston, AL, March 16, 1867)

Petition from Citizens of Chunky to Mississippi Governor Benjamin G. Humphreys; May 10, 1866

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Humphreys Collection. Petition from Citizens of Chunky, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Benjamin G. Humphreys, requesting that the Native Americans of their area be disarmed.