Letter from M. B. Sullivan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 24, 1874

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Letter from M. B. Sullivan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 24, 1874

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People

Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Brennans, Matt Florey, H. T.Franklin, M. L.Singer, J. H.Sullivan, M. B.

Events

Political elections Starvation Weather and Natural Events--Floods

Organizations

Clubs and Secret Societies Courts and Judicial Systems

Occupations

Clerks Laborers Sharecroppers

Places

Bodies of Water--Interstate. Mississippi River Mississippi--Bolivar County. Beulah Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Warren County. Vicksburg New York

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CLERK'S OFFICE
Bolivar County Courts.
H. T. FLOREY, CLERK.
Beulah, Miss., May 24^th,, 1874

Governor A Ames
Jackson Miss

Dear Sir

In accordance with your request I have made diligent enquiry as to the condition of the people residing in the country affected by overflow between Vicksburg and this point, and have gathered the following from personal observation, and from conversation with well informed and reliable persons residing in the overflowed districts.—First and main fact, & one which must be exceedingly cheering to yourself as it is to everyone here:—The water is recedingl very rapidly from the land & urgent neccessity for supplying rations is past—Unless some other unforeseen calamity should occur the people living in the sections which have been overflowed will

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H. T. FLOREY, CLERK.
Beulah, Miss., [gap] 187

be able to make a fair crop—Inch by inch & foot by foot as old Father Mississip. evacuates and withdraws his forces, the ploughshare takes poss-ession and willing hands are busy dropping seed in Earth over which but yesterday he reigned supreme—

The rations which were sent here alleviated to some extent the sufferring of the people, but with regret must it be admitted that while some who were really deserving obtained the life sustaining ration, others whose plantations were as innocent of a bath of Mississippi or any other water; as a member in good standing of one of Matt Brennans Fifth ward N. Y. Election Clubs; managed to, "get their work in," on the loaves & fishes (i. e. hard tack & bacon) while it lasted—

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H. T. FLOREY, CLERK.
Beulah, Miss., [gap] 187

In two weeks more all neccessity for Government supplies will be over—One more shipment like the last to the same places except to change from Bolivar to "Catfish Point" care of J. H Singer & M. L. Franklin will in my opinion be amply sufficient to prevent the Demon-Wolf of hunger from torturing those good people, whose proud privelege it is, bienially, to cast their ^ballots^ for he who has the honor to sign him-self—

Your obedient Svt

M. B. Sullivan

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Rec'd June 6"
Ans. June 8"/₇₄

Ack recpt—letter recd to-day—Will not the two weeks be up before the rations can reach you—

A. A.