Friday, January 14, 2011

Southern Items

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D17FF3F58137A93C0A8178AD95F418684F9&pagewanted=all

November 12, 1865 New York Times
Gov. HUMPHREY, of Mississippi, calls upon the people of that State to organize companies to aid the civil authorities to maintain law and order, and cautions them against oppressing the negro in any way.

Gen. GIDEON J. PILLOW passed through Indianapolis a few days since, on his way to the Wabash country, to buy seed corn to enable him to plant his Mississippi plantation next season.

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  1. Welcome to the Geneabloggers family. Hope you find the association fruitful; I sure do. I have found it most stimulating, especially some of the Daily Themes.

    May you keep sharing your ancestor stories!

    Dr. Bill ;-)
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    Author of "Back to the Homeplace"
    and "13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories"
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