Petition to Governor Ames

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Petition from several legislators to Governor Ames, requesting the pardon of a convict named J. P. Ball, Sr.

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Document at the Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project. Original held at the Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

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Jackson Miss
March 20th 1874

To
His Excellency
A—Ames

Governor,

The undersigned would respectfully recommend That you grant to J. P. Ball Sr now confined in the Penitentiary a pardon for the Crime of Embezlement for which he is now suffering the of the law.

Very Respectfully
Chas W Clarke
W H Harris Rep from Washington Co
J. H. Morgan Rep Washington
Jas Simmons Washington
Wm Gray Senator 21 dist

Citation

“Petition to Governor Ames,” Mississippi State University Libraries, accessed December 30, 2024, https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/items/show/2166.

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