Letter from W. S. Cassedy to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 22, 1874

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Letter from W. S. Cassedy to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 22, 1874

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Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Barrett, Frederick Byrd, C.Cassedy, W. S.

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Political Office--Removal from office Political elections Political elections--Mississippi

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Mississippi--Executive Department Mississippi--Legislature Mississippi--Legislature. House of Representatives

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Mississippi--Franklin County. Meadville

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Meadville
Oct 22, 1874

To His Excellency
The Governor

I address you for the purpose of calling your Excellencys attention to the proceedings of the Legislature had on the 27th of last March unseating the member of the House of Rep^s from this County—C. Byrd, thereby leaving our County without a Representative

Hearing that in the Multiplicity of Business of more importance, your excellency had inadvetantly lost sight of this fact—I have taken the liberty—at the instigation of persons who feel more interest in the matter than the writer—to call your excellencys attention to it with a view of calling an Election at such time as may seem meet and proper to yourself—

Respectfully

W. S. Cassedy

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Ans—Oct. 24^th/₇₄

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Franklin County.

From W. S. Cassedy
Address Meadville
Dated Oct. 22" 1874
Received ,, 24" ,,
Answered ,, ,, ,,

SUBJECT:

Special Election in Franklin County.

ADELBERT AMES,
Governor.

FRED. BARRETT,
Private Secretary.