This item is part of the Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project. Original held at the Mississippi Department of Archives & History.
Jackson Jan 24th 1874
His Excellency
A. Ames
Governor of Miss.
Jackson
The undersigned, members of the Legislature from east Mississippi, recognizing the services of our friend Dr R. M. Tindall in the late canvass, and believing in “rotation in office” as well as rewarding those who have labored for the cause of Republicanism: take pleasure in suggesting his name for the office of Supt of the Lunatic Asylum, and we respectfully urge his appointment on behalf of “East Mississippi Republicans”
J. C. Walker
Monroe Co
Allen P. Higgins
Monroe Co
Cato Nathans
Monroe Co
Robert Thompson
Lowndes Co
Finis H. Little
Nathan Shirley
Senators 24th Dist
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J H Glenn
Lowndes County
B Chiles
Oktibaha Co
H. H Harrison
Cicksaw Co
G (M or W) White
Chicksaw Co
Thomas A. Cotton
Noxubee Co
M McNees
Noxubee Co
A. Boyd
Oktibiha Co
J. W. Caradine
Colfax County