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Letter, S. D. Sessums to James Sykes; 5/6/1863

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Title	Letter, S. D. Sessums to James Sykes 5/6/1863
Description	Letter, S. D. Sessums in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to James Sykes, requesting information about hiring slaves belonging to a Mr. Gillespie, 1863.
Creator	Sessums, Solomon David, 1821-1895
Physical ID	73-29
Date (original)	1863-05-6
Date	May 6, 1863
Digital Collection Title	ASERL
Rights	Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Subject	Oktibbeha County (Miss.) Slavery Sykes, James William, 1810-1885
Original collection	Rufus Ward collection
Object type	text
Format (original)	Correspondence: 1 leaf 21.6 X 26.7 cm.
Digital publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Related materials	http://www.american-south.org/
Language	en; en
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
Tag field	Jan-2011
Transcript	Oktibbeha County Miss May the 6/63 Mr James Sykes Dear Sir Mr Peters informed me yesterday that there was a gentleman with you by the name of Gillespie who had negroes that he might probably higher out, and that you might probably be able to give me any information. If he has them please say to him that I would like to hire eight or less men at a reasonable price for the year, or I will give them up at any time, and pay for the time only. Please write me at "Artesia Depot" giving me the desired information. He could bring them out or I will come up and see him Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt S.D. Sessums

Letter, S. D. Sessums to James Sykes; 5/6/1863

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