Letter from Thomas J. Burges to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; February 12, 1871

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Letter from Thomas J. Burges to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; February 12, 1871

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Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk), 1816-1894 Burges, Thomas J.Hewson, H. F.

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Confederate States of America--Draft Conventions Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)Crime Crime--Assassination Crime--Threat Political elections

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United States. Army

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Mississippi. Executive Department Political Parties--Constitutional Union Party (U.S.)Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)

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Brandon (Miss.)Covington County (Miss.)Rankin County (Miss.)

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February 12^th 1871

Sir

To govner Alcorn Sir ^Sir^ itake The privledg of adressing you A few lines as it regurds my situation and my deziers I was a cout in the united Stats sirves commanding A company of scouts and In so douing i sacrefist a lit^l^ Fortune of aboute ten ~~thou~~ Thousen dollars and i want To know if the g goverment Iis agoing to let we men Suffer the great losses of our Propitey after we have bin So self sacrifizing i think that ouncle sam will see us southern Boy have rush to defend The noble cos of libertey Yet jestafide i am a ~~mis~~ Mississippian by br birth Borned in couvigton county

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And have rezided in The State all my life up to The presante and sence The ware have sustand the Younion partey in your Alecktion i ~~woss~~ was ~~threette~~ ^on^ Thretend ^with^ a suscination And in the rattification of the constitution i was Also thretend and the Majartey of the aposing Partey ar Stil agante me I never had a arme in my hands agante the ~~goverm^ment^~~ Goverment than Subject To all the conscription While remaning in the Sopretended govermente As soune as it was posible I rush to my country Core and there remand Through the ware and i hope that your

Onner will surdoo all you can in my faver As it regurds a rembursment of my losses governer alcorn I hope you will not Forgete such men as i Am you know our Situation and condishon In the South your honner Will excuse my rought manner of speach in My adress to you i want your apinion in My case i am reziding At this time in rankin County your honner Will ancer this rought Adess excuse me sir If your honner deame Me worthey direct you Ancer to C Brandon Mississippi rankin County

yourse obedenly

Thomas J Burges

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PRECIS.
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Executive Office,
State of Mississippi,
County of Covington

From Thomas J. Burges
Address [gap]
Dated Feb 12th 1871
Received [gap]
Answered [gap]

Was a soldier in the United States army and lost a little fortne wishes to know if the government will let him losse it

JAMES L. ALCORN,
Governor.

H. F. HEWSON,
Private Secretary.