Farrar, A. K.

Letter from A. K. Farrar to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 17, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. K. Farrar at the Provost Marshal's Office in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for the authority to keep local plantation overseers from being called to military service unless an emergency arises. Farrar wishes to retain the overseers so they can continue to patrol and police enslaved African Americans in the area around the city. He also asks for Pettus's instructions on "the manner of proceedings" against slaveholders who refuse to employ overseers or to feed or clothe the enslaved persons they hold.

Letter from A. K. Farrar to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 11, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. K. Farrar in the Provost Marshal's office at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the guns collected from civilians for use by the Confederate Army.

Letter from A. K. Farrar to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 16, 1863

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. K. Farrar in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the raising of horse teams to haul salt.

Letter from A. K. Farrar to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 27, 1865

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. K. Farrar at Kingston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey about the future of Mississippi, and the necessity of taking the amnesty oath.

Letter from J. H. Maury to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 2, 1865

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. H. Maury at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking permission to create a police force. Maury alleges that the United States Army occupation troops are stealing cotton from the people of the community. Maury recommends a few men to name as captains, lieutenants, or sheriffs for the Mississippi towns of Rocky Springs, Bruinsburg, and Rodney.

Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to A. K. Farrar; September 6, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to A. K. Farrar in Natchez, Mississippi, informing him that Natchez, Mississippi must not be surrendered to United States forces.

Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to A. K. Farrar; Undated

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to A. K. Farrar in Natchez, Mississippi, informing him that clothes, shoes, and blankets have been ordered to Jackson, Mississippi,for distribution.

List; Undated

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of Mississippians exempted from the amnesty proclamation of May 1865 but who were granted special presidential pardon.

Letter from W. C. Miller to Mississippi Governor John M. Stone; December 12, 1878

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Stone Collection. Letter from W. C. Miller to Mississippi Governor John M. Stone, regarding the petition for the appointment of John Davidson, justice of the peace in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.