Letter from F. Hansman; September 13, 1868

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Letter from F. Hansman; September 13, 1868

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People

Hansman, F.Hynes, J. R.Wharton, Frank

Events

Crime Crime--Jail Escapes Criminal Procedure Criminal Procedure--Pardon

Military Units

Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 24th

Organizations

Mississippi--State Penitentiary (Jackson)Prisons

Occupations

Cooks Law Enforcement Law Enforcement--Police Law Enforcement--Prison Guard

Places

Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson

Social Identifiers

African Americans African Americans--Historically free and newly freed Criminal Status--Imprisoned people

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LIEUT. J. R. HYNES, 24TH INFTY.
MILITARY SUPERINTENDENT

Office Military Superintendent,
MISSISSIPPI PENITENTIARY.

Jackson, Miss., September 13^th 1868.

This is to Certify that I have been Sergeant of the Guard at the Mississippi State Penitentiary for Eight Months past and have had the full charge of the police regulations of the prison and of all the interior works. And during that time I have hand for the greater portion of the Same "Frank Wharton" freedman, in the Cooking department of the prison. I have found him faithful, obedient and orderly in his deportment and can confidently recom-mend him as being a good prisoner—

Rumors of his connection with certain attempts to break the prison and escape therefrom I have closely investigated and find that so far he as he was concerned they were entirely false, So far as I am capable of Judging if good conduct as a prisoner is one of the requisites necessary

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to procure a Pardon, this man is as well entitled to the same as any one who has been pardoned since I have been on duty at the prison—

F. Hansman
Serg^t. C^ol 24^th Inft
Comnd'g Guard at Miss State Penitentiary

~~This is to certify~~