Before the Civil War, three-fourths of all Mississippi church members were either Methodists or Baptists.
Link to the catalog1825: Washington Methodist Church built
Washington Methodist Church
1825: Gerard C. Brandon becomes Mississippi’s fourth governor
Governor Gerard C. Brandon
Brandon completed the term of Governor Walter Leake, after his death in 1825. He was the first Mississippi native to serve as governor.
January 29, 1825: Vicksburg incorporated
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Image: Lithograph of the city of Vicksburg before the war.
Link to the catalogApril 1825: Marquis de Lafayette visits Natchez
Illustration of Marquis de Lafayette
The visit of the Revolutionary War ally was considered one of the social events of the decade.
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