Letter from A. M. West to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 3, 1865

Appointment to officeClay, Henry, 1777-1852ClerksCriminal Procedure--ArrestDurant (Miss.)Durham (N.C.)Emancipation and self emancipationHolly Springs (Miss.)Leatherberry, G. D.Macon (Miss.)Mississippi. LegislatureMississippi. Quartermaster DepartmentMississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Philips, Z. A.Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)RailroadRailroad--Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1852-1877)Salt contractorsSalt minesSecessionSharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873Washington, George, 1732-1799Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894

Report from William L. Harris to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 31, 1860

AbolitionistsAfrican AmericansBaldwin, Abraham, 1754-1807Boughton, Nisbet, & Barnes State Printers (Milledgeville, Ga.)Brinson, J. W.Buchanan, James, 1791-1868Clay, Henry, 1777-1852CommissionersConventionsConventions--Constitutional Convention (U.S.) (1787)Conventions--Mississippi. Convention (1861)Emancipation and self emancipationEnslaved peopleGeorgiaGeorgia. General AssemblyGeorgia. General Assembly. House of RepresentativesGibson, WilliamGulf of MexicoHarris, William Littleton, 1807-1868Historically free and newly freed African AmericansImmigrantsJackson, Andrew, 1767-1845Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865Madison, James, 1751-1836MarriageMason, George, 1725-1792.Milledgeville (Ga.)North CarolinaPettus, John Jones, 1813-1867Pilcher, W. H.Political Parties--Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )Political electionsPolitical elections--Election of 1860Randolph, Edmund Jennings, 1753-1813SecessionSouth CarolinaTroup, George Michael, 1780-1856United States. CongressUnited States. Congress. Legislation. Fugitive Slave Law (1850)