Letter from James Whitfield to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 6, 1865

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Letter from James Whitfield to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 6, 1865

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Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Crusoe, C. R.Drane, James Green, W. M.Harris, George H.Harris, W.Murdock, Abraham Sherman, Jacob J.Whitfield, James

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Political Office--Appointment to office

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Under Review United States. Army

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Mississippi--Legislature

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Military Status--Prisoners of war

Letter from James Whitfield to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 6, 1865

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Columbus, Miss., March 6, 1865.

To his Excellency,
Charles Clark,
Governor of Mississippi:

The undersigned would respectfully recommend to your favourable consideration, our esteemed fellow citizen, Jacob J. Sherman, as one eminently qualified from his superior business qualifications, and long and successful mercantile career, as well as from his sterling integrity, and untiring industry, tact, and energy—to act as one of the Commissioners from Mississippi, to be appointed by your Excellency, under the provisions of a late Act of the Legislature, to provide for the necessities of the prisoners of war from our State now in the hands of the enemy.

M^r. Sherman had been actively engaged in business in this place for about fifteen years, before transferring it, in connection with other partners, to the city of New York; where he continued extensively trading until the breaking out of the present War, when his patriotic spirit impelled him immediately to remove South again, and he has ever since been with us, identified with our afflicted country in all her trials and sufferings.

Very respectfully,
we are your obedient servants,

James Whitfield
W. M. Green
C R Crusoe
Geo H Harris
Ab^m Murdoch
James Drane
W Harris