Letter from E. M. Devall to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 21, 1864

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Letter from E. M. Devall to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 21, 1864

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Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Devall, E. M.

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Crime Crime--Murder Crime--Shooting Military Events--Impressment Military Events--Impressment. War Material Taxation Taxation--Confederate States of America Taxation--Mississippi

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Mississippi--Treasury Department

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Mississippi--Jones County. Ellisville

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Ellisville Jones County Miss. March 21^st ^1864^

To his Excellency [gap] Charles Clark

Sir

I received notice as Sheriff of the County to pay all Confedrate notes in my hands into The State Treasury or present the same to you to be counted and certified before the first day of April, next, or Suffer Such loss as the laws of the State may provide, And in answer have to say that I have no Confedr-ate notes in hand belonging to the State. Owing to the condition of the country here I have not collected any tax. I have been creditable informed that in a meeting of the Deserters of this county that They resolved not to pay any tax neither State County nor Confedrate, nor [suffer?] it ~~[unclear]~~ Collected. They have gone so far as to press wagons and teams and have hauled away a good deal of The tax in kind from The different places in the adjoining counties not only the Deserters in this county but others ~~[?]~~ Deserters have joined Them from different counties. and have stoped the government agent, from driving stock out of the county,, two men who were collecting stock in this county for the Government were ambushed Shot and Killed dead,, As I have no Confedrate notes in hand I Thought it my duty to inform you why I did not,, and also The

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The cause and condition of the county

Your most obedient Svt

E. M. Devall