Letter from G. C. Linch to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; September 5, 1861

Mississippi. Governor; Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Webster County, Mississippi, by G. C. Linch, requesting a ticket to Richmond, Virginia to take care of his soldier son.

Linch, G. C.

Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)

1861-09-05

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1861

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Webster Miss
Sept, 5th" 1861 } Hon, J. J. Pettus,

Dear Sir, I, wish you to send me a Ticket to Richmond, in accordance with the late laws of the Congress of Con, States, I, have a son in the Army, and A great many of my neighbors children is gone also, And I, wish to go as Nurse for them as there are a great many of them now sick

My Son is in the Barksdale Grays, of Russells Regiment, Miss Vol, And accept of my assurances of [strikethrough] [unclear] [strikethrough] [regard?]

Truly
G. C. Linch

To Gov. Pettus,
Jackson Miss

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Sept 5th 1861
G. C. Linch
To Gov. Pettus
[Ansd?]—Septr 9th 61