Letter from A. R. Bowden to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; March 20, 1871

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Letter from A. R. Bowden to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; March 20, 1871

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Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk), 1816-1894 Bowden, A. R.Fisher, Unknown Hewson, H. F.Senter, DeWitt Clinton, 1830-1898

Events

Crime Crime--Theft Criminal Procedure--Arrest

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Courts Mississippi. Executive Department

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Judges Secretaries

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DeSoto County (Miss.)Memphis (Tenn.)Senatobia (Miss.)Tennessee

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Senatobia Miss
March 20^th 71

Gov J L Alcorn

D. Sir

Please send me a requisition on the Gov. of Tenn for a horse thief I have had arrested in Memphis.

He has so many aliases please send a blank so far as the name's concerned.

Your immediate atten-tion will enable me to get him befor Judge Fisher this session of the Court⁠—

Truly Yours

A R Bowden

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PRECIS.
[gap]

No! [gap]

Executive Office,
State of Mississippi,
County of De Soto

From A R Bowden
Address Senatoba
Dated March 20^th 71
Received [gap]
Answered [gap]

Wants requisition for a man in Tenn has so many alias' can't send name⁠—

He has been staling horses

JAMES L. ALCORN,
Governor.

H. F. HEWSON,
Private Secretary.