Letter from Judge J. Watts to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 7, 1868

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Letter from Judge J. Watts to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 7, 1868

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Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Norwood, George Watts, J.

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Mississippi--Rankin County

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Letter from Judge J. Watts to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 7, 1868

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Sept 7^th_,, 1868

The State of Miss
Rankin County

To the Hon C. T. Ames Provisional Governor of Mississippi—

The undersigned judge of the 4^th_,,judicial district of Mississippi respect-fully recommend the [?] for in the Petition Signed by a large number of Citizens of Said County in behalf of George Norwood (Colored). Who was sentenced by the under Signed to the State Penitentiary on the 6^th_,, day of Sept 1866, for a term of four years—

J Watts
Judge—