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July 17, 1979
To the Attention of City Clerk, Mr. McQueen and of Mayor of Bay St. Louis , Mr. Bennett
Subject:	13	Volumes	City	Minutes	now
in Dept, of Archives & History -Jackson, Mississippi
Gentlemen:
1.	Attaohed is a copy of CONTRACT OP GIFT SIGNED ftey 2^, 1977 by Mayor Warren Carver and City Clerk, Luolen Kidd.
2.	As you oan readily see, this oontraot gives
1.	legal
2.	history title
3.	copyright and literary property right
3.	I feel strongly that these valuable old minute books by rights belong to the City of aay St. Louis and every effort should be made to have them returned.
4.	May I appear before your August 7 meeting and ask that a resolution be made and. duly seconded by your group, asking that the Department of Archives & History review the matter and bring to a vote whether or not the Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and History would be willing to re-consiaer and return these records to Ffey St. Louis.
Sincerely,
Joe Williams Pilet