Letter from James D. Brantley to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; 1865

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Letter from James D. Brantley to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; 1865

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Autin, S. D.Brantley, James D.Carnes, J. J.Crawly, John Dabney, W. W.Duche, John L.Duncan, David D.East, W. M. S.Finch, R. E.Hamilton, Richard C.Hamilton, William Henry, J. S. P.Jones, R. F.McDaniel, J. S. M.Morley, James Neely, W. M.Pettibone, H. G.Pickett, John Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873 Walker, Frank M.

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Taxation Taxation--Exemption Taxation--Mississippi

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Stores, Grocery Stores, Retail

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Merchants Physicians

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Carroll County (Miss.)Greenwood (Miss.)

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Impoverished people

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~~Jne~~

To His Excellency W L Sharkey Provisional Governor of Mississippi—

Your petitioner would respectfully represent, that, some few weeks since, (being a man of limited means)—he engaged in business in the town of Greenwood Carrall County.

Under the operation of some law as your petitioner is advised, a specific tax of $50 (fifty) dollars is laid upon all mercantile business without regard to the value or quantity of the stock. This construction is calculated to work a great hardship upon your peti-tioner the value of whose stock does not exceed three hundred and fifty dollars, while other stores the value of whose stock is estimated at thousands pay only the same amount. He therefore asks such relief as your Excellency may deem right and proper.

He would furthermore respectfully refer to the names of the following citizens who can bear testimony to the good order and respectability of his establishment, and who have kindly given him the use of their names in this his petition for relief.

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Your petitoner would farther state that his ~~stock~~ stock consists of those articles usually to be found in a family grocery store viz Flour, tobacco, preseved fruits, oysters, sardines candies, whiskey ~~etc~~, ice etc

James. D. Brantley.

We the undersigned citizens of Greenwood Carroll County would respectfully recommend the claims of the above petitioner for the relief asked for

R F Jones
H G Pettibone
Jno L Dyche
David D Duncan
James Morley
W^m Hamilton
R. E. Finch
S. d. Autin
J. J. Carnes.
W. M. Neely
W. W. Dabney M. D.
W. M. S. East
John Pickett

John Crawly
Frank. M. Walker
Richard. C. Hamilton ~~Junr~~
J. S. P. Henry
J. S. M^cDaniel

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Jas D Brantley
wants reduction of Tax

Tax remitted