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
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“Petition to Governor Ames,” Mississippi State University Libraries, accessed April 26, 2024, https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/items/show/2166.
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