Letter from John P. Burke to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 30, 1862
Title
Letter from John P. Burke to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 30, 1862
Subject
Confederate States of America. Army.; Draft.; Mississippi. Governor; Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867.
Description
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John P. Burke to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the hardships caused to the local people because the millers have all been drafted.
Creator
Burke, John P.
Publisher
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Date
1862-09-30
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_757-942-9-27
Coverage
1862
Text
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9-30-1862
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Newton County
Newton Station
Miss
To His Exelencey. John J. Pettus. Governor of Mississippi,
Dear Sir
I trust the importance of the subject, will be sufficient excuse for my troubling you with this letter, but I do not presume the matter has Ever been brought before you. It is relative to Millers, are they subject to Either the Con-script law, or to a draft. I do not own a Mill, nor am I in any way connected with one, but I live in a thickly settled neighbourhood where there is but two watter mills and the owner of one is a conscript and if he is taken away the mill will be stoped, Which will be a great in conveniency to a large neighbourhood and there is a number of women and children who have to depend
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on this mill for bread as they would have to send distance for meal and many of them have no horses nor means of Searching a distance to mill, Will your Exelency be pleased to take this matter into consideration for there is a number of families who will suffer" for bread, and most of them are those who's Husbands & Fathers have gone to fight the battles of their country, An Early answer to this would confer a favour on our neighbourhood, who are anxiously waiting to know—I should have mentioned that it is impossible for the owner of the mill to get any one to attend in his place to said mill,
J Renaur
Your Exellencys obt Servt
John P, Burke
merits Millers
excempted
9-30-1862
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Newton County
Newton Station
Miss
To His Exelencey. John J. Pettus. Governor of Mississippi,
Dear Sir
I trust the importance of the subject, will be sufficient excuse for my troubling you with this letter, but I do not presume the matter has Ever been brought before you. It is relative to Millers, are they subject to Either the Con-script law, or to a draft. I do not own a Mill, nor am I in any way connected with one, but I live in a thickly settled neighbourhood where there is but two watter mills and the owner of one is a conscript and if he is taken away the mill will be stoped, Which will be a great in conveniency to a large neighbourhood and there is a number of women and children who have to depend
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on this mill for bread as they would have to send distance for meal and many of them have no horses nor means of Searching a distance to mill, Will your Exelency be pleased to take this matter into consideration for there is a number of families who will suffer" for bread, and most of them are those who's Husbands & Fathers have gone to fight the battles of their country, An Early answer to this would confer a favour on our neighbourhood, who are anxiously waiting to know—I should have mentioned that it is impossible for the owner of the mill to get any one to attend in his place to said mill,
J Renaur
Your Exellencys obt Servt
John P, Burke
merits Millers
excempted