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List; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of Mississippians exempted from the amnesty proclamation of May 1865 but who were granted special presidential pardon.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to B. M. Woolsey; May 20, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, the general salt agent for Mississippi, to B. M. Woolsey, salt commissioner for Alabama, concerning the mining of salt in Alabama for the people of Mississippi.
Letter from Captain J. Warren Miller to Z. A. Philips; May 31, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Captain J. Warren Miller at Meridian, Mississippi, to Z. A. Philips, concerning the transfer of the Mississippi State Salt Agency records, funds, and property to the federal government.
Letter from Robert J. Hill to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 15, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert J. Hill, president of the Board of Police of Tippah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning a shipment of salt.
Copy of letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to General E. D. Osband; May 22, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of a letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Jackson, Mississippi, to United States Army Brigadier General E. D. Osband, informing Osband that the archives and property of the state had been turned over to United States Army Captain J. Warren Miller and providing a list of property in the executive mansion turned over to Miller. Clark also states that other officers of the state will deliver the archives and property from their departments. This copy is transcribed by Miller, Osband's Assistant Adjutant General.
Letter from B. M. Woolsey to Z. A. Philips; May 21, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from B. M. Woolsey, salt commissioner for the state of Alabama, at Clarke County, Alabama, to Mississippi salt agent Z. A. Philips, concerning the mining of salt in Alabama for the people of Mississippi. Woolsey states that he does not think it is proper for Philips to contract with Alabama salt manufacturers. He requests that Philips not take any further action until Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts renders a decision on the matter.
Letter to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 22, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from an unnamed person (possibly Z. A. Philips, general salt agent for Mississippi) onboard the steamboat "Admiral" to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of Mississippi's convicts for labor in Alabama. (mdah_768-949-06-33 is the "enclosed document" referred to.)
Statement of the police court of Calhoun County, Mississippi; February 13, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Statement of the police court of Calhoun County, Mississippi, recorded by clerk W. S. Hudson, certifying that a shipment of salt intended for the use of impoverished families of Confederate soldiers was allegedly destroyed by United States Army cavalry at Okolona, Mississippi.
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.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 8, 1865
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, concerning a contract with the state for salt. (Phillips writes that he is enclosing several letters for Clark. These documents are not present).
Sworn statement from J. R. M. Duberry; February 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from J. R. M. Duberry, the salt agent of Calhoun County, Mississippi, certifying that the salt intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers in the county was shipped to Okolona, Mississippi, where it was lost to a fire.
Sworn statement from A. McDonald and L. Murphree; February 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from A. McDonald and L. Murphree, stating that the area near Okolona, Mississippi, was occupied by United States Army cavalry, and certifying that a depot near Okolona containing salt intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers of Calhoun County, Mississippi, had been destroyed in a fire.
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.
Letter from J. J. Smylie to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 15, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. J. Smylie at Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to run cotton past the United States Navy's blockade.
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 W. A. Strong to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 8, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving a report on the operation of his distillery.
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 W. D. Holder to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 15, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. D. Holder at Egypt, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, expressing his opinion that some men in Tippah County, Mississippi, and Tishomingo County, Mississippi, should be exempted from militia duty.
Letter from Mary A. Christian to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 1, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mary A. Christian at Forrest, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the impressment of her overseer into the Mississippi militia.
Letter from A. M. West to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. M. West to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, resigning as general salt agent and quartermaster general for Mississippi.
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.
Letter from J. A. Orr to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 8, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. A. Orr at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, introducing Confederate Captain John O. Grisham of Pontotoc, Mississippi, and recommending him to the state salt agency.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 31, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi salt agent Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi State Salt Works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the effort to have his workers exempted from the draft.
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.