Letter from State Penitentiary Superintendent A. M. Harden to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 17, 1862

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Letter from State Penitentiary Superintendent A. M. Harden to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 17, 1862

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Bradford, Mrs. Unknown Hardin, A. M.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867

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Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Prisons

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Letter from State Penitentiary Superintendent A. M. Harden to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 17, 1862

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Office Supt. Pty.
Decr 17 1862.

J. J. Pettus Governor

Dr Sir

This will be handed to you by Mrs. Bradford—She has a husband confined here which you are aware of.—She is very anxious that I should make a statement to you as to his conduct Since his incarceration &c. His conduct since his confiment has been so univeraslly good. I feel it to be my duty as a reward to him that I should say that he has been the most exemplary prisoner in this prison—He has been confined for over 4 years—His sentence is life.

Your &c

A. M. Hardin
Supt. Miss Pety