Letter from P. H. Gully to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 20, 1862
Title
Letter from P. H. Gully to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 20, 1862
Subject
Families of military personnel.; Mississippi. Governor; Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867.; Taxation.
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. H. Gully to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if the county can levy a tax to aid the destitute families of soldiers.
Creator
Gully, P. H.
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1862-08-20
Contributor
Funding for this project provided by The Dale Center for Study of War and Society-USM, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the Mississippi Digital Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the University of Southern Mississippi, and the Watson-Brown Foundation
Rights
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Identifier
mdah_757-942-7-19
Coverage
1862
Text
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DeKalb Miss
August 20, 1862
Hon John J Pettus
Governor of the State
of Miss.
Jackson
Miss
Dr Sir.
There are some five hundred destitute families in Kemper County, whose husbands are in the Service of the Confederate states. The [assistance?] of the Relief fund has been expended upon said families, and at this time there are no provisions made for said families, consequently, they are in a suffering Condition. Is there any law authorizing the Board of County Police to levey a tax for the relief of such families—will you call the States att attention to the matter, & if there is any such law let him point it out, something must be done for the relief of said families, they will certainly perish Here in this county our crops are very sorry, and in fact a great many farms were not cultivated at all from the fact that the head of family were in the war, Let me hear from you soon
Your friend
P. H. Gully
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P. H. Gully
wants to ^know^ what can be done for destitute families in Kemper co.
Refered to
Gen. Whorton.
DeKalb Miss
August 20, 1862
Hon John J Pettus
Governor of the State
of Miss.
Jackson
Miss
Dr Sir.
There are some five hundred destitute families in Kemper County, whose husbands are in the Service of the Confederate states. The [assistance?] of the Relief fund has been expended upon said families, and at this time there are no provisions made for said families, consequently, they are in a suffering Condition. Is there any law authorizing the Board of County Police to levey a tax for the relief of such families—will you call the States att attention to the matter, & if there is any such law let him point it out, something must be done for the relief of said families, they will certainly perish Here in this county our crops are very sorry, and in fact a great many farms were not cultivated at all from the fact that the head of family were in the war, Let me hear from you soon
Your friend
P. H. Gully
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P. H. Gully
wants to ^know^ what can be done for destitute families in Kemper co.
Refered to
Gen. Whorton.