Letter from W. J. Fitzgerald; February 12, 1876

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Letter from W. J. Fitzgerald; February 12, 1876

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People

Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Fitzgerald, W. T.Pease, H. R. (Henry Roberts), 1835-1907 Rhodes, Travis

Events

Crime Crime--Lynching Political Office--Appointment to office

Military Units

Mississippi. Militia

Organizations

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

Businesses

Newspapers Newspapers--Washington, D.C Newspapers--Washington, D.C. Washington National Republican (Washington, D.C.)

Occupations

Legislators Secretaries

Places

Illinois--Cook County. Chicago Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Warren County. Vicksburg

Social Identifiers

African Americans

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[note] 2/12/76 [/note]

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CHICAGO.

To whom it may Concern.

The reasons given by Hon. H. R. Pease Ex. United States Senator for using my name in various interviews between himself and a Washington reporer were in substance as follows: That Governor Ames and his Friends had undertaken to bring him into disfavor with the National Administration and thereby remove him from office by charging him (Pease) with having sold out to the Democracy,, That in order to get even with Gov. Ames and off set the said statements of Ames and his Friends with reference to himself he states to the reporter in the interview above reference to, that Gov. Ames had appointed myself—a violent Democrat—who tendered himself and a company of 100 men to go to Vicksburg on the 7th of December 1874 for the purpose of killing negroes to the Commander of the Militia.

This statement is made in connection with a letter read from H. R. Pease in which he makes a full retraxit of every thing that appeared in the Washing National Republican of the 11 of October 1875 with reference to myself

W. T. Fitzgerald

Jackson Miss
Feb 12" 1876

[note] Retraxit [/note]

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Copy 112
Executive Office
State of Miss
Hinds County,

From W F Fitzgerald
Add Jackson Miss
Date Feby 12 1875
Recd Feby 12 1875

Subject

Statement in regard to interview of H R Pease by a reporter for Wash-ington Republican in Oct 1874

Also Retraction

Adelbert Ames
Governor

TRAVIS RHODES
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