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Letter from Charles C. Thornton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 13, 1859
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Letter from Charles C. Thornton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting rifles to arm a "corps of mounted riflemen" being formed in the town.
Letter from Mark Joseph to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 6, 1876
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mark Joseph of Vernon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames detailing the "Vernon Democratic Club's" attack of local African Americans and…
Letter from J. J. Gainey to L. M. Hall; July 30, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. J. Gainey, agent of the Mississippi Secret Service, to L. M. Hall describing his investigation into attacks made by the Ku Klux Klan against African…
Petition to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; June 14, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from people formerly enslaved by O. H. Whitfield to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn in support of the appointment of O. H. Whitfield to the Office of…
Letter from A. P. Miller to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; March 19, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. P. Miller on behalf of Thomas Easom, a freedman who he formerly enslaved, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn seeking a pardon for his son who was…
Letter from J. B. Greaves to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; October 11, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J.B. Greaves, mayor of Clinton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning a court involving a freedman who refused to honor a…
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; October 3, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson, Assistant Commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning J.G. Thygpen…
Petition from Lambert Moore to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 28, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Lambert Moore, a formerly enslaved person, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey protesting having to pay taxes on money earned while he was an…
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 23, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson, Assistant Commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey enclosing circular #13…
Letter from J.L. Crigler to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 21, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J.L. Crigler to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey asking permission to form a local militia company to protect citizens from the local African…