Caroline Burrus Letter Transcription
Title
Caroline Burrus Letter Transcription
Letter from Caroline Burrus to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 27, 1865
Subject
Hotelkeepers; Mississippi. Governor; Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873; Taxation.; War widows
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Caroline Burrus to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey asking that the tax on her inn be waived, as she is a widow and very poor.
Creator
Burrus, Caroline
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1865-07-27
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_771-955-07-11