Commissioner Hinds

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2020-03-01 11:01
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3129
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Commissioner Hinds
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Hinds, Commissioner Thomas
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Thomas Hinds was a hero of the War of 1812 who afterward commanded the Mississippi territorial militia. After Mississippi gained statehood in 1817 he turned to politics, serving in the state legislature and later in the U.S. Congress. In 1821, along with James Patton and William Lattimore, he was one of the "three Commissioners" referred to in Requiem for a Nun who chose the site for the new state capital (79).

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