J.B. Lake Letter
Title
J.B. Lake Letter
Letter from J. B. Lake to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 4, 1865
Subject
Freedmen.; Mississippi. Governor; Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873; United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. B. Lake to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey asking what his policy will be regarding African Americans and recommending that they be required to remain at home and work for wages.
Creator
Lake, J. B.
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1865-07-04
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_771-955-01-34