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Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888
The Tenth Annual Report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum; October 1, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. The Tenth Annual Report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum by Superintendent Robert Kells.
Letter from General Wirt Adams to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 29, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the discipline and efficiency of Captain J. B. Roberts' company.
Letter from General Dabney H. Maury to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 5, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Meridian, Mississippi, informing Clark that he will not send any additional state troops to Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams.
Letter from Major W. E. Montgomery to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 7, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Major W. E. Montgomery of the 2nd Battalion Mississippi Cavalry in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the recent operations by the unit.
Letter from General Wirt Adams to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 10, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the movement of the troops under his command.
Letter from Sheriff William Taylor to General Wirt Adams; August 4, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff William Taylor at Canton, Mississippi, to Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams, concerning the seizure of the Passmore and Saunders still.
Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 30, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for Clark's help in retaining Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams' command at Jackson, Mississippi.
Letter from L. Julienne to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 21, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from L. Julienne at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving an account of the recent United States Army operation in Jackson, Mississippi.
Letter from General Wirt Adams to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 27, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on the state troops attached to his command.
Letter from Franklin Smith to General Wirt Adams; August 3, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Franklin Smith at Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams, asking that the distillery of Passmore and Saunders be allowed to remain open.
Letter from Sheriff William Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 29, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff William Taylor of Madison County, Mississippi, at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, requesting assistance to have a still destroyed. Taylor alleges that B. F. Passmore and R. C. Sanders are illegally making whiskey which they have an enslaved person sell to other African Americans. Taylor suggests that Clark ask Confederate General Wirt Adams to have the still destroyed. On the reverse, a note from Clark dated July 7, 1864, directs Adams to destroy said still. A subsequent note from Captain Allen T. Bowie, Jr., dated July 21, 1864, indicates that a detail will be sent to comply with Clark's order.
Letter from C. Baskerville to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 23, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from C. Baskerville at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, updating on the progress his company has made in filling their contract with the state.
Petition from E. E. Lee to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 28, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from E. E. Lee and several citizens of Kemper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that A. J. Lee be released after being arrested for alleged disloyalty.
Copies of letter from D. S. Pattison to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 24, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Two copies of a letter from D. S. Pattison at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the settling of his accounts as salt agent for the state.
Letter from W. S. Cassedy to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 21, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. S. Cassedy at Meadville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the raising of a militia in Franklin County, Mississippi.
Letter from J. K. Stephenson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 6, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. K. Stephenson, a United States Detective at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if he should go ahead with scheduled arrests.
Letter from Southwestern Telegraph Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 1861
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List of charges from the Southwestern Telegraph Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for telegrams sent in May 1861.
Telegram from Ed A. Calfrey to Jones S. Hamilton; December 10, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Major Ed A. Calfrey giving a list of Mississippi regiments and their field officers from 1 - 27.
Telegram from J. C. West to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 27, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. C. West at Fayette, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus if the husband of Mrs. Howell Hinds of Wirt Adams Cavalry has been wounded.
Telegram from General John C. Pemberton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 9, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General John C. Pemberton in Vicksburg, Mississippi, part of which is in code. He also states he instructed Confederate General John Adams to take the state forces, and ordered Confederate Major Johnson to issue rations to the African Americans working on the fortifications.
Telegram from General John C. Pemberton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 29, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General John C. Pemberton at Vicksburg, Mississippi, requesting Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to impress African Americans to work in the city.
Telegram from H. S. Fulkerson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 2, 1861
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from H. S. Fulkerson in New Orleans, Louisiana, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that samples must be returned to Belgium and will be returned after contracts are made.
Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to General John A. Adams; May 5, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General John Adams asking for a guard force to convey a group of convicts to Alabama.
Letter from General William W. Adams to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brigadier General William Adams asking how many citizens can be placed in the trenches to help defend Jackson, Mississippi.
Letter from Charles A. Lewers to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 9, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles A. Lewers at Pittsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to organize a battalion of overage men and exempts for the protection of Calhoun County, Mississippi.