Letter from G. Donnellan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 15, 1865

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Letter from G. Donnellan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 15, 1865

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Geo. Donnellan,
Vicksburg, Miss.

M. Thompson,
Washington City.

Office of George Donnellan & Co.,
Real Estate Brokers and Claim Agents.

UP STAIRS—CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND CRAWFORD STREETS,
Vicksburg, Miss., July 15^t 1865.

To His Excellency, Governor W^m L. Sharkey
Jackson, Miss.

Sir:—

I have the honor to ac=knowledge receipt of my ap=pointment as Notary Public for Warren Co., Miss., and to state that by some oversight the same was detained in Post Office here until yesterday when by accident it came to hand.

Receive my grateful acknowl=edgments of the favor bestowed and permit me to express my earnest desire to serve you in any possible way with pleasure and diligence

With great respect
Yr obdt Sert

G. Donnellan

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GEORGE DONNELLAN, Vicksburg [gap] M THOMPSON, Washington. D. C.

GEO. DONNELLAN & CO.,(OFFICE UP STAIRS)NORTH-WEST CORNER WASHINGTON AND CRAWFORD STREETS,Vicksburg, [gap] Mississippi,Real Estate Brokers, Attorneys for Claimants,—AND DEALERS IN—Land Warrants and Scrip, Stock, Bonds, Claims, &c.AGENTSFor Paying Taxes, Making Redemptions, Leasing Houses, Lots, and Lands, Buying and Selling all kinds of Real Estate, Stocks, Bonds, Mortgages, Judgments, Notes, Claims, &c., &c.

WILL give close attention to the construction of Roads and Levees, &c., Laying Out of Towns and additions thereto, as also the Sub-Division or Re Survey of Lands in the States of Mississippi and Arkansas—having experienced Engineers, Surveyors and Draughtsmen constantly employed—and will furnish Plans and detail Drawings of all Superstructures, Plots of Surveys, Maps. &c., insuring in all cases accuracy and dispatch.

The former member of this firm having resided in Wash-ington City for several years, and been directly connected with the Government in the Executive Departments, and therefore familiar with the routine of practice before the various Bureaux, and the latter member being one of the most successful lawyers now residing in Washington City, we are prepared to adjust and collect all Claims, civil and military, either in the Departments or U. S. Supreme Court, and Court of Claims.

[manicule] Pensions and Pay of Deceased Soldiers collected with-out charge, except the legal fees.

[manicule] Patents on useful domestic Inventions obtained gratis, the Inventor paying patent office charges.

We invite the especial attention of capitalists looking Southward for investment, to our facilities for offering rare

bargains; and Planters having desirable Lands to sell in Mis-sissippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, will find it to their interest to advise with us at once.

Arrangements are now being made to purchase, through our office, for gold if preferable, several thousand bales of Cotton, safely stored, either in shipping order or in the seed, and owners of good Cotton, who are known to this office by letter, reference or otherwise, as responsible, and wishing to sell, will please leave their propositions and address.

The attention of Railroad Companies and other corporations, operators of Mills, Factories, is called to our superior advantages for supplying Machinery from the most successful establishments in the country, and at the most reasonable rates.

[manicule] All business strictly confidential.

AddressGEO. DONNELLAN & CO.,Real Estate Brokers,Lock Box No. 5,VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI.

REFERENCES:

His Excellency Gov Wm. L. Sharkey, Jackson, Miss.;	Moses Greenwood, Esq., New Orleans, La.	Hon. Jas. Harlan, Sec'y Interior, do.
Judge Wm. Yerger,[gap]Jackson, Miss.	Shepherd Brown, Esq. " "	" Jno. A. Graham, Treas. Dep't, do.
" E. S. Fisher, Granada, "	Messrs. Walsh & Smith, [gap] Mobile, Ala.	Col. Sam'l Tate, Pres. M. & C. Rail Road;
" Richards Barnett, Vicksburg "	Price Williams, Esq. " "	" C. C. Shackleford, Pres. N. O. J. & G. N. Railroad;
Jno. A. Klein, Esq. " "	Judge R. C. L. Moncure, Richmond, Va.	Jonathan Bliss, Pres. Gainesville Railroad;
Victor F. Wilson, Esq. " "	Peyton Conway, Esq, Pres't Bank of Va.	Dr. M. Emanuel, Pres. Southern Railroad.
Hon. A. H. Arthur, cash'r Na. Bank, do.	Hon. Chas. Mason, Ex-Com'r of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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G Donnellan
Acknowledging the receipt of his appoint-ment as Notary Public for Warren County