Letter from F. R. Witter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 9, 1860

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Letter from F. R. Witter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 9, 1860

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Barksdale, E. (Ethelbert), 1824-1893 Brown, Albert Gallatin, 1813-1880 Harris, Wiley P. (Wiley Pope), 1818-1891 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Unknown, Eli Witter, F. R.

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Crime Crime--Threat Criminal Procedure--Arrest Emancipation and self emancipation Secession

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Clubs and Secret Societies Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees Courts Philip & Kells (Miss.)

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Judges Plantation overseers

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Bay Saint Louis (Miss.)England France Gulf Coast (Miss.)Hinds County (Miss.)Jackson (Miss.)Madison (Miss.)New Orleans (La.)Virginia

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