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