Letter from S. Bassett French to Mississippi Governor John M. Stone; July 23, 1878

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Letter from S. Bassett French to Mississippi Governor John M. Stone; July 23, 1878

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Board of Managers:

The Governor of Virginia.
The Treasurer of the Commonw'th.
The Auditor of Public Accounts.

Treasurer:

R. M. T. Hunter.

Secretary:

S. Bassett French.

Office of the Board of Managers
Lee Monument Association,
Incorporated January 25, 1871.

Richmond, Va., July 23 187 8

Governor

I beg to ask a list of the white uniformed Infy. Companies in your state with names & address of the com^py offices. my object is to send to each a special invitation to a competititive Drill at this city in october next

I am most respy
yr obt ser

S. Bassett French
Secy

His Exce^ly the Governor
of mississippi

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TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH

The State of Virginia has initiated the noble undertaking of erecting an Equestrian Statue of General Robert E. Lee on the capitol grounds at Richmond, Va., and has committed this trust, by statute, to the care and keeping of a Board of Managers. This Board, constituting the Lee Monument Association, is composed of her Governor, Auditor of Public Accounts and Treaasurer, whose names guarantee that this trust will be well discharged.

In deference to the fact that the glory of General Lee is the common heritage of our coun-try, the Board has signified the desire that all the Southern States shall share in the tribute to him, and purpose that all so sharing shall, when the time comes, have an equal voice in awarding the contract.

We ,your Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States, being assured that you will not be slow to manifest, by an earnest and liberal support, your veneration for the life, character, and services of our great chief, express hereby our warm sympathy and co-operation in the effort of the Lee Monument Association to consumate the work of love.

Alabama.

JOHN T. MORGAN,
CHARLES M. SHELLY,
WILLIAM W. GARTH,
R. F. LIGON,

WILLIAM H. FORNEY.
H. A. HERBERT,
JERE N. WILLIAMS,
JAMES TAYLOR JONES.
G. W. HEWITT.

Arkansas.

A. H. GARLAND,
JORDAN E. CRAVANS,

L. C. GAUSE,
T. W. GUNTER,

W. F. SLEMONS.

Florida.

CHARLES W. JONES,

R. H. M. DAVIDSON.

Georgia.

JOHN B. GORDON,
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS,
W. H. FELTON,
PHILIP COOK,
H. R. HARRIS,

BENJAMIN H. HILL
JULIAN HARTRIDGE,
JAMES H. BLOUNT,
H. P. BELL,
M. A. CANDLER,

W. E. SMITH.

Kentucky.

J. PROCTOR KNOTT,
J. E. S. BLACKBURN,
J. G. CARLISLE,
A. R. BOONE,
M. J. DURHAM,

ALBERT S. WILLIS,
THOMAS TURNER,
JOHN W. CALDWELL,
J. A. McKENZIE.
J. B. CLARKE.

Louisiana.

J. B. EUSTIS,
E. W. ROBERTSON,

E. JOHN ELLIS,
J. B. ELAM.

Mississippi.

L. Q. C. LAMAR,
VAN H. MANNING,
H. D. MONEY,

O. R. SINGLETON,
JAMES R. CHALMERS,
H. L. MULDROW,

CHARLES E. HOOKER.

Missouri.

F. M. COCKRELL,
T. T. CRITTENDEN,
BENJAMIN J. FRANKLIN,
R. A. HATCHER,
DAVID REA,

D. M. ARMSTRONG,
A. H. BUCKNER,
R. F. BLAND,
JOHN B. CLARKE, JR.,
J. M. GLOVER,

C. H. MORGAN.

North Carolina.

JOSEPH J. DAVIS,
ROBERT B. VANCE,
J. J. YEATES,
A. M. WADDELL,

M. W. RANSOM,
WILLIAM M. ROBBINS,
A. S. MERRIMON,
A. M. SCALES.

South Carolina.

M. C. BUTLER,

D. WYATT AIKEN,

JOHN H. EVANS.

Tennessee.

J. E. BAILEY,
JOHN F. HOUSE,
WILLIAM P. CALDWELL,
J. D. C. ATKINS,
JOHN M. BRIGHT,

ISHAM G. HARRIS,
G. G. DIBRELL,
W. C. WHITTHOME,
CASEY YOUNG,
H. Y. RIDDLE.

Texas.

R. Q. MILLS,
D. C. GIDDINGS,
S. B. MAXEY,
G. SCHSEICHER,

RICHARD COKE,
J. W. THROCKMORTON,
JOHN H. REAGAN,
D. B. CULBERSON.

Virginia.

R. E. WITHERS,
G. C. WALKER,
JOHN GOODE,
J. T. HARRIS,
A. L. PRIDEMORE,

JOHN W. JOHNSTON,
EPPA HUNTON,
G. C. CABELL,
J. R. TUCKER,
B. B. DOUGLAS.

West Virginia.

JOHN E. KENNA,

B. F. MARTIN.

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Virginia

EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

[gap] County,

FromS. Bassett French.
Address Richmond V^a
Dated July 23^rd 1878.
Received '' 27 ''
Answered '' '' ''

SUBJECT.

Requests a list of the ''Uniformed Companies'' in the State

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J. M. STONE,
Governor.

~~KINLOCH FALCONER,~~ ^A. M Nelson^
Private Secretary.

Answered—July 27^th