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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
WILLIAM F WINTER. PRESIDENT JOHN K BETTERSWORTH ARCH OALRYMPLE III HERMAN B DECELL FRANK E EVERETT JR MRS MITCHELL ROBINSON ESTUS SMITH EVERETTE TRULY SHERWOOD W WISE
ELBERT R HILLIARO DIRECTOR
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
P. O. BOX 571 JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39205-0571
December 28, 1982
Mr. Leslie Newcomb Executive Director Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District P. 0. Box 153
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
Dear Mr. Newcomb:
We are pleased to inform you that we have been notified by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service that the Claiborne Site, Hancock County, Mississippi, has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places.
If the Department of Archives and History can ever be of service to you, please do not hesitate to call on us.
Sincerely,
Robert J. Bailey Director
Division of Historic Preservation
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