From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mayor Thomas J. Binford of Duck Hill, Mississippi, to Mississippi Attorney General J. S. Morris, informing Morris that he has made application to be appointed to the office of chancery clerk of Montgomery County, Mississippi, and that he has learned that Dr. E.R. Armstead, a Democrat, has also been recommended. Binford states that Armstead is not a resident of Montgomery County but is from Choctaw County, Mississippi, by way of Texas, and that Armstead has been in Mississippi for a few months. On the reverse, in a note dated June 10, 1871, Morris refers Binford's letter to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Binford's letter.

Binford, Thomas J.

Hewson, H. F.

Morris, J. S. (Joshua S.)

June 9, 1871

June 10, 1871

Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk), 1816-1894

Appointment to office

Clerks

Democratic Party (U.S.)

Judges

Mayors

Mississippi. Attorney-Generals Office

Mississippi. Governor

Morris, J. S. (Joshua S.)

Private secretaries

Choctaw County (Miss.)

Montgomery County (Miss.)

Item housed at Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Alcorn Series 786

Alcorn Series 786: Box 973, Folder 8

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