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Legislation. Mississippi. An act to prevent the distillation of spirituous liquors (Approved April 5, 1864)
Letter from Mrs. McDonough to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; March 25, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mrs. McDonough to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, from the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Indianapolis, praising Governor Ames for vetoing a bill to repeal a prohibition law.
Letter from Mrs. William Hoover to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 20, 1874
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mrs. William Hoover to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a resolution by the maternal association of Summit, Mississippi, thanking Ames for his support of temperance.
Letter from U. B. Tabor to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; December 8, 1871
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from U. B. Tabor to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing again to ask for his help with a local establishment that is selling liquors. States that it is hard for him to run his factory due to the local citizens patronization of said drinking shop.
Bonds of W. M. Strickland, Thomas D. Isom, and George D. Fee; October 18, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bonds of W. M. Strickland, Thomas D. Isom, and George D. Fee, given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Lafayette County, Mississippi. The bonds are witnessed by W. Delay, clerk of the county probate court.
Bonds of G. W. Humphreys, D. G. Humphreys, and B. Humphreys; October 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bonds of G. W. Humphreys, D. G. Humphreys, and B. Humphreys, given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Claiborne County, Mississippi. The bonds are witnessed by Thomas Y. Berry, justice of the peace.
Bonds of W. H. Brister, P. D. Woods, and T. A. Lewis; July 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bonds of W. H. Brister, P. D. Woods, and T. A. Lewis, given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. The bonds are witnessed by P. Johnson, president of the county board of police.
Bonds of John W. Sanders, G. S. Fox, and S. W. Bryan; July 25, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bonds of John W. Sanders, G. S. Fox, and S. W. Bryan, given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Carroll County, Mississippi. The bonds are witnessed by J. P. Marshall, justice of the peace.
Bond of William H. Cassell, A. H. Ford, and William C. Jones; October 4, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bond of William H. Cassell, A. H. Ford, and William C. Jones, given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Madison County, Mississippi.
Bonds of John B. Carpenter, E. H. Hicks, and M. Eiseman; September 17, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bonds of John B. Carpenter, E. H. Hicks, and M. Eiseman, given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Jefferson County, Mississippi. The bonds are witnessed by George W. Shackleford, probate judge.
Bonds of J. A. Viser, R. E. Eskridge, and D. J. Sally; September 10, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bonds of J. A. Viser, R. E. Eskridge, and D. J. Sally, given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Carroll County, Mississippi. The bonds are witnessed by W. M. Aldridge, justice of the peace.
Bonds of D. W. McInnis, John M. McRaney, and Hardy Pittman; October 5, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bonds of D. W. McInnis, John M. McRaney, and Hardy Pittman, given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Covington County, Mississippi. The bonds are witnessed by a justice of the peace.
Bonds of William Coulter, Thomas Pope, and H. A. McLeod; August 24, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bonds of William Coulter, Thomas Pope, and H. A. McLeod given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Covington County, Mississippi. The bonds are witnessed by a justice of the peace.
Bonds of Andrew Gibb, Isaac J. Fouché, and Noah D. Link; August 24, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bonds of Andrew Gibb, Isaac J. Fouché, and Noah D. Link, given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Yazoo County, Mississippi. The bonds are witnessed by W. J. Epperson, justice of the peace, and John Brumfield, clerk of the county probate court.
Bonds of Albion Ames, M. F. Ames, and W. James; 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bonds of Albion Ames, M. F. Ames, and W. James, given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. The bonds are witnessed by Thomas H. Gunn, justice of the peace.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 4, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens and civil officers of Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking a pardon for a man convicted of selling liquor without a license.
Letter from W. A. Strong to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 17, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning theft at the local distillery by Confederate troops.
Letter from Robert C. Miller to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 22, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert C. Miller, clerk of the Mississippi House of Representatives at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, enclosing a resolution concerning liquor manufacturing.
Statements and bond; October 31, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Document containing a statement from several officials of Yalobusha County, Mississippi, that Henry H. Gorin is qualified to be dispenser of spirituous liquors, as well as the bond of Gorin and his sureties L. Newburger and Marshall Newberry. The document also includes a sworn statement witnessed by William Cook, a justice of the peace, certifying that Newburger and Newberry are respectively worth $5,000. A final statement, also witnessed by Cook, certifies that Gorin will carry out the duties of dispenser of spirituous liquors.
Petition; November 8, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from Yalobusha County, Mississippi, officials that S. B. Hartley is qualified to be dispenser of spirituous liquors.
Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 26, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to have county officials who fail to arrest and prosecute Confederate deserters indicted, and complaining of the need for more liquor to be dispensed in the state.
Petition from Andrew Gibb to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 24, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from Andrew Gibb of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting an appointment as dispenser of spirituous liquors for Yazoo County.
Letter from B. T. Owen to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 22, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from B. T. Owen at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the application of M. Levy to be an agent to dispense spirituous liquors.