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Clark Series 768: Box 949, Folder 09
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Sworn statement from John M. Greaves to Judge Fulton Anderson; July 24, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from John M. Greaves in Hinds County, Mississippi, to Judge Fulton Anderson at Jackson, Mississippi, authorizing Anderson to be his agent to collect monies for an impressed horse.
Sworn statement from Green T. Hill and J. F. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 14, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from Green T. Hill and J. F. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, as to the value of a mule impressed from R. A. Caruthers for use by the Confederate military. E. C. Eggleston, sheriff of Lowndes County, has signed the statement.
Statement from Sheriff W. H. Mangum to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 4, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Statement from Sheriff W. H. Mangum of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning the case of the State of Mississippi vs. G. N. Jordan. Magnum states that he is unable to send a copy of the testimony from the case because the Yazoo County records have been moved to prevent the United States Army from acquiring them.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 31, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi salt agent Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi State Salt Works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the effort to have his workers exempted from the draft.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 18, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi state salt works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining that impressing agents were allegedly attempting to take the workers at the facility.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 12, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, the general salt agent for the state of Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, giving a progress report on structures being built at the Mississippi state salt works.
Letter from W. A. Wade to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 18, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. A. Wade at Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark that he is unable to comply with the order to rendezvous at Brandon, Mississippi.
Letter from T. L. Martin to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 15, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from T. L. Martin at Lamar, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting permission to trade with the United States Army to obtain supplies.
Letter from T. A. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 22, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from T. A. Mitchell, the president of the Board of Police of Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting salt for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers.
Letter from Sheriff William Taylor to General Wirt Adams; August 4, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff William Taylor at Canton, Mississippi, to Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams, concerning the seizure of the Passmore and Saunders still.
Letter from S. B. Hartley to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 13, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from S. B. Hartley, a disabled Confederate veteran at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking permission to trade cotton with the United States Army to buy supplies. On the reverse are two statements in support of Hartley. The first, dated July 13, 1864, is from R. D. McLare, mayor of Grenada, and T. M. Hawkins, endorsing Hartley's character. The second, dated July 14, 1864, is from Captain T. R. Shearon, confirming that Hartley was discharged from Confederate service by a medical board.
Letter from Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 16, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson, a local judge in Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning exemptions for local officials.
Letter from Reverend John Lusk to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 22, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Reverend John Lusk at Clinton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the exemption of ministers from Confederate military service.
Letter from Mississippi State Geologist E. W. Hilgard to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 18, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Geologist E. W. Hilgard at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on the work of the state geological survey.
Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to Milton Brown; July 28, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to Milton Brown, president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Mobile, Alabama, concerning the refusal of the railroad to haul private freight.
Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 30, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for Clark's help in retaining Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams' command at Jackson, Mississippi.
Letter from M. G. Moore to Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts; August 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. G. Moore, the warden of the Alabama Penitentiary at Wetumpka, Alabama, to Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts, reporting on the prisoners from Mississippi whom the Alabama Penitentiary is temporarily holding. Then-Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus ordered that these prisoners be transferred from the Mississippi State Penitentiary to Alabama in 1863 through an agreement with then-Alabama Governor John G. Shorter. M. G. Moore's letter consists of handwritten copies of correspondence between Pettus, Shorter, Moore, and the Alabama Penitentiary board of inspectors regarding the transfer of the Mississippi prisoners as well as questions about the legality of Shorter's right to accept the prisoners and whether they can require the prisoners to perform labor. Moore intersperses brief explanations about these circumstances and his own actions throughout the letter. Appended to the letter is a receipt for prisoner-related expenses.
Letter from Lieutenant Hough to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 21, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant Hough at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the muster rolls for McGuirk's regiment of cavalry.
Letter from Lieutenant D. W. Lamkin to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 30, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from D. W. Lamkin, a lieutenant in the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery, at Opelika, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking that an enslaved person be released from jail.
Letter from L. Julienne to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 21, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from L. Julienne at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving an account of the recent United States Army operation in Jackson, Mississippi.
Letter from H. S. Van Eaton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 12, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from H. S. Van Eaton at Mt. Carmel, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning a perceived threat to the county depot by alleged Confederate Army deserters and "outlaws".
Letter from H. S. Van Eaton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 11, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from H. S. Van Eaton at Mt. Carmel, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the effect he believes Clark's recent order will have on the public.
Letter from George C. Harris to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 22, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from George C. Harris at Livingston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, suggesting a property tax to be used for the education of impoverished children of Confederate soldiers.
Letter from General Wirt Adams to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 27, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on the state troops attached to his command.
Letter from Franklin Smith to General Wirt Adams; August 3, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Franklin Smith at Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams, asking that the distillery of Passmore and Saunders be allowed to remain open.