{"id":4888,"date":"2023-02-23T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T20:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/matthews.png"},"modified":"2023-02-23T14:54:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T20:54:09","slug":"matthews","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/d-t-j-mathews\/matthews\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter of Resignation, December 3, 1874"},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"class_list":["post-4888","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/matthews.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/matthews-300x154.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Letter of Resignation, December 3, 1874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/matthews-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/matthews-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/matthews-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/matthews-1536x791.png 1536w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/matthews.png 1857w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/cwrgm.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Civil War &#038; Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi<\/a> Project. Original held at the Mississippi Department of Archives &#038; History.<\/p>\n<p>Sardis Miss Dec 3<sup>rd<\/sup> 1874<\/p>\n<p>His Excellency<br \/>\nAdelbert Ames\u2014<br \/>\nGovernor of the State of Miss<\/p>\n<p>Dear Sir<\/p>\n<p>I hereby tender my resecnation as a member of. the. Legislature. And I hope that your Excellency will accept of the same I am Yours Obt Servent<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/d-t-j-mathews\/\">D. T. J. Matthews<\/a><br \/>\nmember of the hous of Rept of Panola County<\/p>\n<p>over<\/p>\n<p>I will in short give your Excellency my reasons for resiging And it is this for Capt H J Harding County Supt of Education has reasently been appointed Post master at this plase. Sardis and has resigned his office as county Supt of Education And as I am the unanomouse choice to fill his vacancy I desire to be released so I can under the constitution &#038; I have others not worth while to mention &#038;c<\/p>\n<p>I hope you will act upon it and let me know Instanter as the matter has to be attened to<\/p>\n<p>to right off Harding takes charge of the Post office next Monday and the schools going on there will have to be some one appointed I hope your excellency will attend to it right off and<\/p>\n<p>oblige Re Yours<br \/>\nObedient Serv<br \/>\nD T J Matthews<\/p>\n<p><s>Appt<\/s><br \/>\nAccept<br \/>\nA. 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