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Letter from John Duncan to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 1, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John Duncan, a trustee of the Mississippi Institution for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, containing copies of the annual report of the school's board of trustees and the annual report of the school's superintendent.
Letter from Superintendent William Merrill to John Duncan, John W. Robinson, and A. Virden; October 1, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from William Merrill, superintendent of the Mississippi Institution for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to John Duncan, John W. Robinson, and A. Virden, the Institution's trustees, giving his annual report. The report contains information on the school's financial condition and its impact on students, as well as updates on students' studies and health.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 24, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, protesting against the impressment of their mules for government service.
Contract between C. T. Merlis and the state of Mississippi; October 28, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Contract between C. T. Merlis and the state of Mississippi to produce cotton cards.
Letter from E. E. Moody to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 19, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from E. E. Moody at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to help him collect money from the federal government because United States Army troops had allegedly occupied and used his blacksmith shop without providing promised compensation.
Letter from J. G. Morey and D. B. Morey to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 15, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. G. Morey and D. B. Morey, state commissioners of military funds, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning their investigation into use of government funds.
Incomplete letter from C. A. Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 15, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from C. A. Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning an effort to have corn brought up to impoverished people in northeast Mississippi.
Report from Mississippi State Auditor A. J. Gillespie to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Report from A. J. Gillespie at the Auditor's office at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving the financial transactions of the state from November 1, 1863, to December 31, 1864.
Report from John Duncan to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 1, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Annual report from John Duncan at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, on the operations of the Mississippi Institution for the Blind.
Letter from W. S. Cook to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 1, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. S. Cook at Bolivar, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the desperate need for salt in Bolivar County, Mississippi.
Letter from C. M. Vaiden to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 4, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from C. M. Vaiden at Vaiden, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the need for salt in the counties surrounding the Mississippi River.
Letter from C. A. Reading to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 13, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from C. A. Reading, superintendent of the Southern Railroad of Mississippi, at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking that two men from W. K. Easterling's regiment be detailed to work on the railroad.
Letter from E. A. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 27, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from E. A. Brown at Clinton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking compensation for two horses impressed by the state of Mississippi for military use.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 19, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi Salt Works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the efforts of government officials to impress his enslaved labor force.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 13, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Mississippi state salt agent, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark of affairs at the state salt works, concerning the impressment of enslaved workers.
Legal documents from J. W. Scarborough to General A. M. West; August 8, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Legal documents from J. W. Scarborough to Confederate Brigadier General A. M. West, concerning property impressed by the state of Mississippi from J. B. Ellington.
Sworn statement from John M. Greaves to Judge Fulton Anderson; July 24, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from John M. Greaves in Hinds County, Mississippi, to Judge Fulton Anderson at Jackson, Mississippi, authorizing Anderson to be his agent to collect monies for an impressed horse.
Sworn statement from Green T. Hill and J. F. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 14, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from Green T. Hill and J. F. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, as to the value of a mule impressed from R. A. Caruthers for use by the Confederate military. E. C. Eggleston, sheriff of Lowndes County, has signed the statement.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 18, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi state salt works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining that impressing agents were allegedly attempting to take the workers at the facility.
Letter from Mississippi State Geologist E. W. Hilgard to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 18, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Geologist E. W. Hilgard at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on the work of the state geological survey.
Letter from Captain H. B. Deekes; July 14, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain H. B. Deekes at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to an unnamed Major, concerning the alleged misconduct of Captain Pierce, who was raising a company of state troops.
Copy of order from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of an order from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, authorizing a Captain Lucas to impress horses and mules, dated July 11, 1864. There are two subsequent notes on the page dated July 12, 1864, and July 14, 1864, respectively. The first, by Lucas, certifies that Lucas has impressed a mule from Wm. Dent. The second, by Dent, acknowledges receipt of a requisition on the Mississippi State Auditor for $700, the appraised value of Dent's mule.
Copy of order from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of an order from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, authorizing a Captain Lucas to impress horses and mules, dated July 11, 1864. There are two subsequent notes on the page dated July 12, 1864, and July 19, 1864, respectively. The first, by Lucas, certifies that Lucas has impressed a horse from T. P. Barton. The second, by attorney E. Dismukes, acknowledges receipt of a requisition on the Mississippi State Auditor for $1,500, the appraised value of Barton's horse.
Letter from M. A. Banks to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 15, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. A. Banks at Westville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning alleged abuses against local residents by Captain F. M. Little and his men as they destroy distilleries in the county.
Letter from Captain S. S. Fatherree to D. Hansboro; June 25, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain S. S. Fatherree, quartermaster of E. A. Peyton's Battalion of Mississippi Cavalry, at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to D. Hansboro, concerning the impressment of twenty-five pounds of salt.