From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William R. Fears to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Fears states that he and three others were tried in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in May and June of 1867 by a military commission and sent to prison for grand larceny. He is asking Alcorn to have them transferred back to Mississippi, as they are serving their imprisonment in Fort Jefferson, Florida. (Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary stating that Fears was wrongfully accused, suggesting that this is a pardon request)

Fears, William R.

May 27, 1870

Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk), 1816-1894

Clemency

Crime

Imprisonment

Larceny

Military courts

Mississippi. Governor

Pardon

Prison sentences

Prisoners

Private Secretaries

Trials

Trials (Larceny)

Warren County (Miss.)

Item housed at Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Alcorn Series 786

Alcorn Series 786: Box 971, Folder 2

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