Letter from Thomas Rigby to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 1865

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Letter from Thomas Rigby to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 1865

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Rigby, Thomas Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873

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Criminal Procedure Criminal Procedure--Amnesty Legislation. United States. Congress Legislation. United States. Congress. General Amnesty Act (1865)Political Office--Appointment to office Secession. American Civil War

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Military training camps Mississippi--Warren County. Vicksburg Washington (D.C.)

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To His Excellency
W^m L Sharkey

Dear Sir

At the reques^t^ of several Gentlemen I write to you. Many of the old residents of the City of Vicksburg have returned to their Homes with a view of reistabling themselves in business, and if posible repairing their broken fortunes. Many were opposed to session, and most of them beleived that they were actuated by pure and patriotic motives ^&^ all are now poor, and many dependant upon the Kindness of their friends for a subsistance, they have taken the amnesty oath of President Johnson, and complied with all the prescribed regulations, and not-withstanding this are kept out of their property, held by Federal offi=cials, and compeld to wander the

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streets like paupers and vagabonds. This is that you may intervene in their behalf, and if you have the power as Gov^r restore to them their rights. if not the power it is their wish that you will as soon as practicable apply to Washington to have an agent, commissioner or Judge appointed, to determine upon their cases, and if ^have^ them if entitled restored to their property, to which having complied with the laws constitution and proclama=tions of the President the think themselves Justly entitled.

With this I am Respectfully
Your Obt Servant

Tho^s Rigby

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Thos Rigby Esq
To get property from military parties holding the same

W L Sharkey,
Aid De Camp

Answered July 1^st 1865