Letter from Needham Whitfield to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 7, 1865

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Letter from Needham Whitfield to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 7, 1865

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Johnson, Unknown Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873 Teasdale, Robert Teasdale, Unknown Whitfield, Needham

Events

Criminal Procedure Criminal Procedure--Amnesty Criminal Procedure--Pardon

Occupations

Legal Profession--Lawyers Medical Profession Medical Profession--Physicians Planter

Places

Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Lowndes County. Columbus Mississippi--Monroe County. Aberdeen Washington (D.C.)

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Aberdeen Miss Aug 7 / 65.

To his Excellency W. L. Sharkey Prv^l. Go^r of the State of Miss

Dr Sir,

I was at Columbus Miss; on yesterday, and In speaking of my petition for Pardon to M^r. Robert Teasdale, He sugjested the plan of Telegraphing to his friend a Mr. Johnson ^of Jackson^ for him to call on you and get my Amnesty papers, In case you had not forwarded them on to President Johnson and for his friend M^r. Johnson to send them to his father Doc^t Teasdale who is now in Washington City, who would make the appli-cation to President Johnson for my Pardon which I agreed to do without reflection. Now Sir I am a man of many blunders, particularly in my old age, for I am now going in my 77. year, I should have Telegraph-ed ~~for~~ to you, and asked the favor of you to let Johnson have the Papers in Case you had not forwarded them on to Presi-dent Johnson, to have the thing so arranged, as to place the papers in Do'ct Teasdales hands, which I hope you will pardon me. The truth is, I ought to have let the matter rest with you, while I have no right to dout about your forwarding them, particularly, when you promised to do so, and gave me your opinion that you thought I would be pardoned. Please look over it, and do the best you can for me in the Case. You have lived by Planting and Law practice, and done well, I have lived by Planting and done tolerably well, but in on all power now I hope our Heavenly father, will continue to favor us in this life, and will grant us a much gra-ter, and a more lasting Pardon in the world to come then we are now praying for.

Please let me hear from you when convenient and believe me your friend & humble servt.

Needham Whitfield

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Needham Whitfield
In relation to his Application for Pardon