Letter from William Breck to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 22, 1875

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Letter from William Breck to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 22, 1875

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People

Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Breck, William Osborn, I. N.Pratt, F. B.Rhodes, Travis Walton, Thomas Wilson, S. E.

Events

Intoxicated Legislation Legislation. Mississippi Political Office--Appointment to office Political Office--Removal from office

Organizations

Courts and Judicial Systems Courts and Judicial Systems--Chancery Courts Mississippi--Executive Department Mississippi--Judicial Districts Mississippi--Judicial Districts. 13th District Political Parties Political Parties--Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

Businesses

Newspapers Newspapers--Mississippi Newspapers--Mississippi. Republican (Corinth)Newspapers--Mississippi. The American Citizen (Canton, Miss.)Publishers and Printers Publishers and Printers--Republican Printing Company Publishers and Printers--Van Beek, Barnard & Tinsley, Stationers (Saint Louis, Mo.)

Occupations

Judges Newspaper Editors Secretaries

Places

Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Madison County. Canton Mississippi--Noxubee County. Brooksville Missouri--Independent City. Saint Louis

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VAN BEEK, BARNARD & TINSLEY, ST. LOUIS.

13th. District of Mississippi.
Wm. Breck, Chancellor.
Brookville Miss, May 22^d,, 1875

Hon. A. Ames.
Jackson.

Dr. Sir

I beg to Enclose to you duplicate of a letter sent to S. E. Wilson in the matter of Printing for this 13^th,, Dist. The Act of 1874. chapt. 49. Page 65. says.—"Provided. That such appointment may be at any time revoked for good and sufficient cause by the Governor upon the recommendation of the chancellor &c.—The cause deemed "good and sufficient", is the utter failure of the Central Republican as a newspaper and official organ—the constant and unpar-donable neglect of Mr. Wilson of his paper—his repeated and public intoxication, all of which have led to his repudiation by the Republicans of Madison County, and as I have consulted with them by the Republicans throughout their District, I would Respectfully recommend that the appointment of the Central Republican, S. E. Wilson Editor, as official organ of the 13^th Chancery District be revoked, and instead, that the "American Citizen"

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published in Canton, Madison County, by the Republican Printing Company be ap-pointed official organ instead.

I am very Respectfully

William Breck
Chancellor 13^th,, District.

Refer to Hon F. B. Pratt
Canton Miss

I concur in the within recommendation

Thomas Walton

Aug. 19^th 1875.

Remove—use terms of the law. Appt American Citizen

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Madison County.

From Breck and Walton.
Address Canton, Miss
Dated May 22, 1875.
Received and referred Aug. 19, 1875.
Answered [gap]

SUBJECT:

Removing "Central Re-publican" (S. E. Wilson, pub) and appointing "The American Citizen," Public Printer.

Appointed Aug. 28, 1875.

ADELBERT AMES,
Governor.

TRAVIS RHODES,
~~I. N. OSBORN,~~
Private Secretary.