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Letter from Sale and Dowd to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; July 29, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from Sale and Dowd to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, concerning the endorsement of Colonel Blair.
Letter from John C. Clark to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; February 3, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from John C. Clark to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, requesting to be appointed as Harbor Master of Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Letter from B. F. Montgomery to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; February 1, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from B. F. Montgomery to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, requesting the extradition of Augustus Chevallin from Louisiana.
Letter from Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers to the Sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi; January 19, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers to the Sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi, providing a notice of remittance for N. McLaughlin pending Senate approval.
Letter to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 20, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, reporting on funding issues for the State Penitentiary. The letter states the request would be paid from two different appropriations.
Letter from F. A. Clover to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 25, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from F. A. Clover to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, regarding confirmation of several nominees to various positions and various institutions.
Letter from Snow and Brown Music House to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 21, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from Snow and Brown Music House to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, requesting the capture of a defaulter who has fled to Chattanooga, Tennessee to be returned to Meridian, Mississippi.
Letter from J. D. Banton to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 16, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from J. D. Banton to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, requesting that the 48th Section of the North East corner be given back to Lee County, Mississippi.
Letter from Captain John R. Owen to John R. Owen; January 29, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from Captain John R. Owen to John R. Owen, his father, regarding Oliver Rushing and noting his hope that Rushing is arrested.
Letter from T. J. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 20, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from T. J. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, requesting a pardon of Lee Jackson due to medical reasons. Several other petitions attached.
Letter; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Portion of a letter containing the physical description of Oliver Rushing.
Letter from Mark Brady to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 13, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from Mark Brady to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, in regards to Brady's opinion of proposed legislation to change the fees and salary of District Attorneys.
Letter from Benjamin King to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 10, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from Benjamin King to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, regarding the petition for pardon on behalf of Sandy Cove, Moses Jones and George Percell.
Petition from Thomas R. Dansby to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 13, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Petition from the citizens of Smithville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, asking him to issue a reward for the capture of Allen Livingston.
Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 8, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, regarding how District Attorneys are paid. Clarke writes in favor of the current system.
Letter from J. S. Morris to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 6, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from J. S. Morris to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, regarding the Governor's powers to remit forfeitures.
Letter from H. R. Revels to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 10, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from H. R. Revels to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, informing the Governor that the 1872 report of the office of the Mississippi Secretary of State is ready for the printer.
Letter from Scott Thompson to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; January 10, 1873
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from Scott Thompson to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, requesting to be appointed to a "secretary" office, possibly Secretary of State.
Letter from C. C. Shakelford to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; June 20, 1872
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from C. C. Shakelford to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, recommending a pardon and or executive clemency in behalf of Dr. Orville Blanton.
Letter from W. F. Tucker to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; June 6, 1872
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from W. F. Tucker to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, in regards to the arrest of a man named Hodges.
Report from H. Musgrove to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; June 15, 1872
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Report from H. Musgrove to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, giving of receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year 1872.
Letter from J. M. P. Williams to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; June 3, 1872
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from J. M. P. Williams to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, concerning the case of George Flecher (a.k.a. Williams) who is reportedly an escaped inmate from the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Letter from Julius Junkerman to C. C. Shakelford; June 20, 1872
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from Julius Junkerman to C. C. Shakelford, concerning the receipt of a petition favoring the commutation of Berry Washington's sentence by the Governor. Shackelford's response is written on the back of the same.
Letter from Webber to Julius; June 18, 1872
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from Webber to Julius, concerning a petition sent to the Mississippi Governor by citizens near Greenville, Mississippi, concerning Berry Washington. Webber supports the petition and urges Julius to speak to the Mississippi Governor in order to have the petition granted.
Letter from G. M. Smiley to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; June 5, 1872
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from G. M. Smiley to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, supporting a petition to grant a pardon to LaFayette Jackson who has been convicted of murder.