Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 23, 1865
Title
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 23, 1865
Subject
Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909; Mississippi. Governor; Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873; United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson, Assistant Commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey enclosing circular #13 from General O. O. Howard.
Creator
Donaldson, R. S.
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1865-09-23
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/
Language
English
Identifier
mdah_771-956-10-02
Coverage
1865
Text
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Office Act'g Ass't Commissioner
Freedmen's Bureau,
For Northern District of Mississippi,
Jackson Miss. Sept. 23"— 1865
His Excellency W. L. Sharkey
Provisional Governor
State of Mississippi
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of this, date and in compliance with your request I enclose Cir-cular No, 13, from Gen'l. O. O. Howard Commisioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedman & Abandoned Lands with an extract from a letter of instructions from Col. Sam'l, Thomas Asst. Commisioner for State of Mississippi.
In pursuance with the institructions inclosed the property referred to was siezed as abandoned Land, Gen'l. R. O. Edwards, owner, being absent therefrom.
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Mr. Carsons was offically notified of the siezure on the 15th day of August 1865. and did not, at that time, claim any control over the property,
No application has been recieved at this office for the restoration of the property,
I am
Very Respectfully
R, S, Donaldson Leiut Col
Act Asst. Com'r,
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Office Act. Ass't Com'r Freedman's Bureau
for Northern District of Mississippi
JACKSON, MISS Sept. 23d 1865
DONALDSON, LIET. COL., R. S.,
Acting Assistant Commisioner,
Northern District of Mississippi
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Office Ass't. Comr. Bureau Refugees Freedman and Abandoned Lands for state of Miss.
Vicksburg Miss. July 19th 1865.
(Extract)
All houses, tenements and lands, belonging to Rebels who are excepted by the Presidents Amnesty proclamation, and who have not obtained pardon, must be siezed by you. The houses should be rented by you from month to month at any rate you may think proper.
(Signed) Sam'l. Thomas,
Col. & Asst. Com. Bureau for Miss.
Official:
R, S, Donaldson
Ac't, Ass't. Commissioner
Office Act'g Ass't Commissioner
Freedmen's Bureau,
For Northern District of Mississippi,
Jackson Miss. Sept. 23"— 1865
His Excellency W. L. Sharkey
Provisional Governor
State of Mississippi
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of this, date and in compliance with your request I enclose Cir-cular No, 13, from Gen'l. O. O. Howard Commisioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedman & Abandoned Lands with an extract from a letter of instructions from Col. Sam'l, Thomas Asst. Commisioner for State of Mississippi.
In pursuance with the institructions inclosed the property referred to was siezed as abandoned Land, Gen'l. R. O. Edwards, owner, being absent therefrom.
Page 2:
Mr. Carsons was offically notified of the siezure on the 15th day of August 1865. and did not, at that time, claim any control over the property,
No application has been recieved at this office for the restoration of the property,
I am
Very Respectfully
R, S, Donaldson Leiut Col
Act Asst. Com'r,
Page 3:
Office Act. Ass't Com'r Freedman's Bureau
for Northern District of Mississippi
JACKSON, MISS Sept. 23d 1865
DONALDSON, LIET. COL., R. S.,
Acting Assistant Commisioner,
Northern District of Mississippi
Page 4:
Office Ass't. Comr. Bureau Refugees Freedman and Abandoned Lands for state of Miss.
Vicksburg Miss. July 19th 1865.
(Extract)
All houses, tenements and lands, belonging to Rebels who are excepted by the Presidents Amnesty proclamation, and who have not obtained pardon, must be siezed by you. The houses should be rented by you from month to month at any rate you may think proper.
(Signed) Sam'l. Thomas,
Col. & Asst. Com. Bureau for Miss.
Official:
R, S, Donaldson
Ac't, Ass't. Commissioner