Letter from G. A. Watkins to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; March 17, 1871

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Letter from G. A. Watkins to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; March 17, 1871

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Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk), 1816-1894 Atkins, E. R.Barry, Henry B.Hewson, H. F.Petty, Qinson Watkins, G. A.

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Legislation. United States. Congress Legislation. United States. Congress. General Amnesty Act (1865)Political elections Voting Voting--Voter registration

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Mississippi--Executive Department Mississippi--Military Department Political Parties Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)Political Parties--Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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Mississippi--Clay County. West Point Mississippi--Lowndes County

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Westpoint Miss March 17^th 1871

Gov Jas. L. Alcorn

Dear Sir We The Citizen of Westpoint .C. Do With all our Harts ask you for a few Paper or a few Adresses or a few of your Annual Messages for Since the last Geneal Election our Pepol has ben kill So Money Ways ~~that~~ & has been Treated So bad untell they are Scatterd So bad untell they Dont under Stand nothing & ^We^ Want you if you Pleas to Permit us Priblige of Raising our Club under any Head you may Wish it to be to Get our Colord Race to Gether that is abole to vot & Pleas Have them P Printed under any Soce you may Wish & F Derect them to G. A. Watkins Colord Westpoint Miss & also all the Papers you has & Got no uce for them Pleas Send them We Want & Nede Every thing that We Can get for infermation ^for^ our voters in this County & all infermation that you Can Give G us is Thankfuley ~~Receved~~ Recived & Hon. Henry W. Barry Sent us a few Bills of Amensty ^Which^ a Roused our Pepol Some littel the Pepol s Cry is that ~~thy~~ they has Been fool So Much that they Wont beleve Nothing unlest it Come Wright from your hand & We has Got a Constitution to Raise a Body of men of merlish & Was

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to be organized by the Military Department & it has Gon Down by not Reciving the Organizeimation if We are intitel to the organizenation We hope We Can get it Short W that Was Grate Conslation to our Pepol but We Never Could get organize & the become Disharted

our Dear Govener be pleas to Do Somthing for the infermation of our Pl Pepol Short & as Soon as you can for they Going a stry after the Dimocrat Party because they is a making them beleve that the Republicans ant Doing Nothing for the Colord Race

Pleas all the infermation & Papers That you Send us Deirect them to G. A. Watkins Colord Westpoint Miss

Respectfully yours

Qinson Petty & E. R. Atkins &
G. A. Watkins

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PRECIS.
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No'. [gap]

Executive Office,
State of Mississippi,
County ofLowndes

From G. A. Watkins
Address West Point
Dated March 17—71
Received [gap]
Answered [gap]

Wants Annual Message &c

JAMES L. ALCORN,
Governor.

H. F. HEWSON,
Private Secretary.