Letter from L. J. Wilson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 1862

Confederate States of America. Army.; Mississippi. Governor; Mississippi. Militia; Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. J. Wilson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning salt for sufferers in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and among the Mississippi soldiers.

Wilson, L. J.

Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)

1862-07

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English

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1862

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Gov J J Pettus

I have on lot 28—/00 [acres?] [?] for Salt Springs—& on the [?]—adjoining the State Works—if Bored no doubt Salt could be found in abundance I would give to the defenders of Vicksburg & all Miss Volunteers—wood & water free if the State of Miss would work it

L. J. Wilson

Lag—
Jackson Creek Clark Co

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July 1862

Letter of L. J. Wilson to Governor Pettus concerning Salt for the VBurg Sufferers &
Mississippi Volunteers

Genrl A M West