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United States. Congress
Letter from General M. F. Force to B. G. Humphreys; September 6, 1865
African Americans
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)
Force, M. F. (Manning Ferguson), 1824-1899
Freedmen's Bureau--Northern District of Mississippi
Headquarters, Military
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909
Humphreys, Benjamin Grubb, 1808-1882
Jackson (Miss.)
Ohio
Ohio. Governor
Telegraph Company
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. Congress
Wood, Thomas John, 1823-1906
Letter and list from Matilda Sharkey to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 4, 1865
Brownsville (Miss.)
Capitulations, Military
Carriage and wagon making
Cotton gins and ginning
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Murder
Crime--Theft
Enslaved people
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Gristmills
Headquarters, Military
Impoverished people
McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864
Orphans
Plantation overseers
Sharkey, Matilda
Sharkey, Unknown
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
United States. Congress
Widows
Telegram from President Andrew Johnson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 30, 1865
Appointment to office
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
New Orleans (La.)
Schurz, Carl, 1829โ1906
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--United States Military Telegraph Office (Washington, D.C.)
United States. Army
United States. Congress
United States. President
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Washington (D.C.)
Washington, George, 1732-1799
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Letter to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 31, 1865
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
Governors--Louisiana
Jackson (Miss.)
New Jersey
Newport (N.J.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from W. M. Hankins to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 31, 1865
Amnesty--United States
Fisher, E. S.
Golliday, Unknown
Grenada (Miss.)
Hankins, W. M.
Judges
Pardon
Post offices
Postmasters
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
Yalobusha County (Miss.)
Correspondence from R. C. Webb and William H. Webb to President Andrew Johnson; 1865
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Clemency
Farmers
Granville County (N.C.)
Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus, 1815-1882
Impoverished people
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Lafayette County (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Nashville (Tenn.)
North Carolina
Ohio
Pardon
Planter
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tomeney, J. M.
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Congress
United States. President
Webb, R. C.
Webb, William H.
Letter from K. Rayner to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 21, 1865
African Americans
Clay, C. C. (Clement Claiborne), 1816-1882
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)
Emancipation
Enslaved people
Forts--Fort Monroe (Va.)
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Political elections
Raleigh (N.C.)
Rayner, K.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885
United States. Congress
Letter from John C. Hamilton to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; October 11, 1865
African Americans
Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867
Conventions
Conventions--Constitutional Convention (U.S.) (1787)
Hamilton, John C.
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Massachusetts
Massachusetts. Governor
New York (N.Y.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Union and Southern Rights Party (U.S.)
United States. Congress
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Letter from Amie Fort and Bessie Harris to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 15, 1865
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. President
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Fort, Annie
Harris, Bessie
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Memorials
Pardon
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. President
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from W. Goodman to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 9, 1865
Goodman, W.
Judges
New York (N.Y.)
Railroad
Railroad--Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1852-1877)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Stockholders
United States. Congress
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Letter from W. F. Shattuck to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 9, 1865
Gunsmithing
Jackson (Miss.)
Mississippi. Militia
New York (N.Y.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Shattuck, W. F.
United States. Army
United States. Congress
Letter from L. W. Graham to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 8, 1865
Appointment to office
Brown, Shepherd
Graham, James
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Land Commissioners
Lawyers
Louisiana
New Orleans (La.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
Letter from Dan R. Russell to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 8, 1865
Appointment to office
Carroll County (Miss.)
Carrollton (Miss.)
Postmasters
Postmasters general
Russell, Daniel R.
Saunders, William
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Senate
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from William W. Orme to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 1, 1865
Jackson (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Orme, William Ward, 1832-1866
Planter
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tennessee
United States. Congress
United States. Department of the Treasury
Letter from Secretary of the Interior James Harlan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 4, 1865
Harlan, James, 1820-1899
Jackson (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Department of the Interior
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from S. V. Hughston to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 5, 1865
Appointment to office
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Disease and illness
French Camp (Miss.)
Graham, S. D.
Hughston, S. V.
Impoverished people
Military service exemption
Pardon
Post offices
Postmasters
Resignation
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Congress
Letter from John C. Hamblen to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 4, 1865
Canton (Miss.)
De Bow, Unknown
Drew, C. C.
Greenlaw, Unknown
Hamblin, John C.
Jackson (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Tate, Unknown
Tax Assessors
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Taylor, W.J.
Tennessee
United States. Congress
United States. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Wood, C. W.
Petition from J. Campbell and H. M. Morris to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 7, 1865
Amnesty--United States
Avera, John W.
Boards of Police
Bryan, B. B.
Campbell, Joseph
Clarke County (Miss.)
Collins, John W.
Collins, Robert
Dean, R. C.
Gary, A. B. T.
Gates, I. B.
Gatlin, E.
Greenhood, M.
Gurnee, William R.
Haddox, R. A.
Hamilton, J. M.
Hayes, J. P.
Holley, James
Hough, John L.
Jay, John
Justices of the peace
Kyser, J. T.
McCarty, Benjamin
McCarty, O.
McCowen, B.
Menascu, Jacob
Mississippi. Legislature
Morris, H. M.
Ogburn, J. H.
Pardon
Physicians
Pool, D. R.
Red, D. R.
Rogers, B. L.
Rogers, W. M.
Selling--Alcohol
Shanks, John
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Shubuta (Miss.)
Smith, Charles A.
Stores, Retail
Sullivan, T. G.
United States. Army
United States. Congress
Watson, George R.
Watts, Howard
Letter from James E. Semple to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 8, 1865
Amnesty--United States
Appointment to office
Disease and illness
Impoverished people
Land Commissioners
McWillie, William, 1795-1869
Memphis (Tenn.)
People with disabilities
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Temple, James E.
Tennessee
Tennessee. Governor
Tradespeople
United States. Congress
Letters from R. S. Buck and George K. Birchett to General H. W. Slocum; August 5, 1865
African Americans
Arrest
Birchett, George K., Jr.
Buck, R. S.
Collin, J. D.
Courts
Crime
Crime--Forcible entry and detainer
Crime--Threat
Crime--Witness intimidation
Headquarters, Military
Jury
Justices of the peace
Lawyers
Miller, J. Warren
Physicians
Plantations
Prison Guard
Prisons
Scott, R. P.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Thomas, Samuel, 1840-1903
Trial
United States. Adjutant-General's Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. Congress
United States. Department of the Treasury
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Warren County (Miss.)
Letter from M. S. Day to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 5, 1865
Appointment to office
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
Capitulations, Military
Confederate States of America. Congress
Courts
Crime
Crime--Fraud
Crime--Theft
Jay, M. S.
McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895
Okolona (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Department of the Treasury
Letter from J. L. Downs to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 1, 1865
Amite County (Miss.)
Amnesty--United States
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Capitulations, Military
Centreville (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Downs, J. L.
Fort Adams (Miss.)
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Chancellorsville, Battle of, Va., 1863
Military families
Natchez (Miss.)
Prisoners of war
Stores, Retail
Tax collectors
Tax exemption
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
United States. Congress
Whig Party (U.S.)
Wilkinson County (Miss.)
Wounds and injuries
Letter from Superintendent William Merrill to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 30, 1865
Carpenters
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Debt relief
Drugstores
Institution for the Instruction of the Blind (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Legislators
Matrons
Merrill, William
Mississippi. Legislature
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
People with disabilities
People with disabilities--Blind
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
South Carolina
South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind (S. C.)
Students
Superintendents
Tailors
Teachers
United States. Congress
Yerger, William, 1816-1872
Letter from Richard Gray to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 29, 1865
Clarke County (Miss.)
Columbus (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Theft
De Soto (Miss.)
Death
Farms
Gray, Richard
Raid
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
Letter and circular from Lyman Abbott to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 29, 1865
Abbott, Lyman H.
American Union Commission (1865- )
Baltimore (Md.)
Boston (Mass.)
Brimmer, Martin C.
Caldwell, John D.
Charleston (S.C.)
Chicago (Ill.)
Christians
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Clergy
Cobb, Mrs. H. W.
Cutler, Mrs. H. M. Tracy
Disease and illness
Farmers
Farms
Griffith, G. S.
Illinois
Immigrants
Impoverished people
Industrialists
Israel, F.
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Kent, Horace L.
Lane, G. W.
Lawyers
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Maryland
Miles, H. D.
Nashville (Tenn.)
New York (N.Y.)
Newspapers
Odiorne, T. G.
Ohio
People with disabilities
Pierce, H. M.
Refugees
Richmond (Va.)
Root, E.
Schools
Secretaries
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Shoemakers
Stout, A. V.
Superintendents
Teachers
Tennessee
Thompson, Joseph Parrish, 1819-1879
Tradespeople
Treasurers
Turner, David
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. Congress
United States. President
United States. War Department
Wounds and injuries
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