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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
P. 0. BOX 571 JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39205
Babruary 17, 1977
Mr. L. M. Thomas Sewah Studios Mill Creek Road Marietta, Ohio 45750
Dear Mr. Thomas:
Please enter our order for one historical marker and alucrete post. The text of the marker should read as follows:
OUR LADY OF THE GULF
Established 1847 by Bishop J. J.
Chanche, S. S., first Bishop of Natchez. Mother church of Hancock County, third oldest Catholic parish on the Gulf Coast and fifth oldest in Mississippi.
Please manufacture and ship the marker to the Mississippi State Highway Department, P. 0. Box 551, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39402, to the attention of Mr. Bill Rawls. Please bill the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, P. 0. Box 571, Jackson, Mississippi 39205, to the attention of Mrs. Helen Hux.
As a dedication ceremony for this marker 'is planned for
May 1, we would respectfully request that It be manufactured
expeditiously.
Sincerely,
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Norman Chronlster Research Assistant
Division of Historic Sites and Archaeology NC/gj
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cc:	Mr. Lionel F. Baxter
Mrs. Helen Hux Mr. Bill Rawls
BOARD OF TRUSTEES William f. winter, president
JOHN K. BETTERSWORTH arch Dalrymple IN Frank e Everett. Jr Mrs Mitchell Robinson Estus SMITH EVERETTE truly Thomas H. Watkins Sherwood W. Wise
elbert R. Hilliard director