- Created by
- Mississippi Legislature, American, founded 1817
- Date
- 1871
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (closed): 10 1/4 × 7 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (26.1 × 18 × 6.4 cm)
- H x W x D (open): 10 1/4 × 16 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (26.1 × 40.9 × 6.4 cm)
- Description
- Hardcover book covered in leather with tooling on front edges of cover which is otherwise blank. Spine has bands of red and black with gold lettering: [REVISED CODE / OF / MISSISSIPPI / 1871]. On the inside cover is a note handwritten in graphite: [Scarce compilation of laws by the / Reconstruction government, which / controlled the state until 1875.] The title page reads [THE / REVISED CODE / OF THE / STATUTE LAWS / OF THE / STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. / AS ADOPTED AT JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 1871, AND PUBLISHED BY / AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE. / JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI: / ALCORN & FISHER, STATE PRINTERS. / 1871]. The volume begins with a preface by: [AMOS R. JOHNSTON, / Commissioner / JACKSON, Oct. 1, 1871]. 788 pages.
- Place depicted
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials
- Classification
- Library Collections
- Books and Published Materials
- Type
- hardcover books
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials
- Object number
- 2012.160.175
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




