Letter from E. M. Blackburn to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 30, 1864

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Letter from E. M. Blackburn to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 30, 1864

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People

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

Events

Political Office--Appointment to office

Organizations

Clubs and Secret Societies Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Relief Association Confederate States of America--Medical Purveyor's Office Confederate States of America--War Department Confederate States of America--War Department. Commissary Department Hospitals

Occupations

Commercial Agents Medical Profession Medical Profession--Hospital Employees Medical Profession--Surgeons

Places

Georgia--Fulton County. Atlanta Georgia--Unidentified County. Tomlinson Mississippi--Noxubee County. Macon

Vital Statistics

Disease and illness Wounds and injuries

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Macon June 30^th 1864

To His Excellency
Gov Charles Clark

Sir

At a meeting of the Miss Relief Association, held at Atlanta Ga on the 25^th in^st,, I was appointed, to visit Your Excellency to solict State Aid in behalf of our Sick & wounded Soldiers Through the kindness of the Director of Hospitals the Association has now, a hospital "located at Tomlinson about forty miles from Atlanta where all sick & wounded Mississippians able to bear transportation will be sent, Those too badly wounded to bear further transportation, will be taken to a ward in one of the Atlanta Hospitals, where accom-adations have been made exclusively for them The Association proposes having at the field hospitals, reliable men, to take charge of the wounded, supplying their wants &c "en route to the Hospital, This of course, is under the discretion of the Surgeons in charge To carry out the objects of the Association Money is needed, & although the people throughout the state have been appealed

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to, through an agent of the Association & they feel satisfied that their appeal will be heartily responded to, Yet the immediate want of these articles which can not be supplied by the Commissary or Medical Departments, have prompted them to appeal to Your Excellency, for such an amount as Your Excellency may feel authorized to appropriate

I have the honor to be
Respectfully Your Obt Servant

E M Blackburn

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His Excellency Gov Clark

Present

E. M. Blackburn