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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
WILLIAM F WINTER. PRESIDENT JOHN K BETTERSWORTH ARCH DALRYMPLE III HERMAN B DECELL FRANK E EVERETT JR MRS MITCHELL ROBINSON ESTUS SMITH EVERETTE TRULY SHERWOOO W WISE
ELBERT R HILLIARD DIRECTOR
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
P. O BOX 571 JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39205-0571
December 28, 1982
Hancock County Board of Supervisors c/o Alton (Dolph) Kellar, President Hancock County Courthouse Bay St. Louis, Mississippi 39520
Gentlemen:
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.
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you and the other members of your community for the role that you have played in promoting historic preservation in Mississippi.
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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