1 10 1 https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/7/2215/whlynch.png e638167f89b0c80d175888ef2140bc5c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Natchez June 10th 1874 To His Excellency Adelbert Ames Governor of Mississippi My Dear Sir Your reply to my telegram of date June 6th was received this morning. And in reply would State that whoever was your informant is guilty of a bare misrepresentation of the facts as they Exist in the overflowed districts in this County. The laboring Classes are in more need now than they were at any time since high water. for the reason that since the water has begun falling. They the (laborers) are Endeavoring to pitch there crops, and as they cannot get advancements from the merchants until their crops are sufficiently advanced as to guarantee the merchant of his pay, They the (laborers) have Either to abandon their crops in the overflowed districts and flocks to the towns in order to keep from starving. I think however If rations could be furnished until such a time as the laborer could receive advancements on his corps which could be done in about 3 weeks Every thing would work right. There are about Six hundred who are actually suffering in this County. Every day applications are made to me for assistance. And I can only ask them to await the result of my appeal to the Governor. Hoping you will see the necessancy of immediate action in our behalf, I am truly your Obedient Servant <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-h--lynch--adams-county">Wm H. Lynch</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from William H. Lynch to Governor Ames Description An account of the resource Letter from William H. Lynch to Governor Adelbert Ames, regarding aid for victims of the 1874 Mississippi River flood. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lynch, William H., active 1872-1888 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-06-10 Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-h--lynch--adams-county">Lynch, William H., active 1872-1888</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Document at the <a href="https://cwrgm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project</a>. Original held at the Mississippi Department of Archives & History. adams ames wh lynch