From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Hillary Talbert to Colonel N. Howard, requesting a pardon on behalf of Henry Bennett, an African-American man, who was convicted of stealing cotton and was sentanced to 5 years in prison and has already served 3. Talbert believes Bennett was being directed by a "mean white man" and did not financially benefit from the crime. Two petitions have already been sent to the Governor on Bennett's behalf but to no avail. Talbert is requesting that Howard bring the pardon before Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. (Note added from Colonel N. Howard and Stephen Johnson).

Howard, N.

Johnson, Stephen

Talbert, Hillary

May 16, 1870

African American men

African American prisoners

African Americans

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

Cotton

Crime

Men, White

Mississippi. Governor

Mississippi. Legislature. Senate

Mississippi State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)

Pardon

Public prosecutors

United States. Army

United States. Army--Officers

Carroll 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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