Letter from Wallace E. Oakes to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 14, 1861

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Letter from Wallace E. Oakes to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 14, 1861

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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 Oakes, Wallace E.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867

Organizations

Texas--Legislature

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Legal Profession--Judges Medical Profession Medical Profession--Physicians

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Bodies of Water--Interstate. Mississippi River South Carolina Texas Texas--McLellan County. Waco Texas--McLennan County

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African Americans African Americans--Enslaved people Political Identities--Abolitionists

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Waco, Texas, Mar 14, 1861

[Page torn] Pettus—

Dear Sir,

The Texas Legislature has passed an act authorizing the County Court [page torn] furnish to volunteer arms that may be able to resist the invas-ion [Page torn] of the Abolitionists. And the County Court of this, M^cLennan Co [page torn] to arm 100 men, and I [page torn] to know if they can be [page torn] in your noble state. We [page torn] a sufficiensy & to spare of [page torn] which we took from the [page torn] in Texas—And I suggest [page torn] now, that you ask Texas [page torn] a portion of these cannon [page torn] your Mississippi River—[page torn] apply through Sam Houston [page torn] occupies the Governor's [page torn] he hates Mis—S. C. & all the [page torn] worse than he does the wick [page torn] himself. He has done every [page torn] could to sell Texas to abolitionists [page torn] when he found he could not [page torn] tried the "Lonestar Republic" [page torn] keep us out of union with our [page torn] uthern States, & again he failed—I [page torn]

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this much to let you know that all your intercourse with Texas to pay no attention to Sam Houston for he [page torn] not reflect the sentiments of any [page torn] [?] I hope you will [?] some of our heavy guns, for [page torn] don't need them all, & they should [page torn] so distributed as to be of the good [page torn] service, Texas Rangers need [page torn] six shooters. We will be [page torn] pretty soon. Our extreme front [page torn] invites such parties as Montgomery [page torn] am the Chief Justice of our County [page torn], & they will send me to [page torn] arms to equip 100 men very [page torn] County is free of debt & can ensure the taxes are collected next [page torn]

God bless Mississippi—my [page torn] state. I practiced medicine with [page torn] old friend of yours. D^r J. Y. [?] [page torn] 51— where the submissionists [page torn] convention & Governor—I [?] [page torn] Co. & I left Miss, just because [page torn] pursued that course, & I should [page torn] Texas—now had she not sec [page torn]

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Gov. we now offer to the Southern Confederacy over the amazing amount of 180,000,000 acres of the richest Slave land on the earth—We [page torn] sir that number or more acres [page torn] & ready for a slave population [page torn] there millions—Well might [page torn] Sam Houston want to sell [page torn] for a Cabinet office.

I will thank you to let me know at an early day about the muskets & six shooters for 100 [page torn]

With great respect
Your friend
Wallace E.

Hon. J. J. Pettus.
Gov of miss