Letter from R. McIlwain in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama, to G. W. Gayle.
Item
Identifier
RSG00248_f10_Q0000135034_Q0000135035
Title
Letter from R. McIlwain in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama, to G. W. Gayle.
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Type
Text
Creator
McIlwain, R.
Date
1861 September 24
Description
From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. In the letter, McIlwain, described as the "only lawyer in Bibb," discusses a recently vacated judgeship, created by the incumbent Porter King joining the Confederate army, and if Governor Moore will agree to appoint someone else to the position.
Format
letter
Place
Bibb County (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Kaleb Linss
transcription
Page 1.
Centrevile Bibb County
Ala Sept 24 - 1861
G. W. Gagle Esq
Dr sir:
Your favor of the 19th
inst came duly to hand & in reply I will
say to you - that it will afford me much
pleasure to give you my aid in ob-
=taining the office - Ascertain for
certain that King has resigned & also that
Moore will appoint & then without
delay I will Comply at once with
your request. I wrote him two let=
-ters to learn whether or not we would
have Court - or in other words whether
or not he would appoint a [judge?] &
he write back to the Clerk that
the "Hon Porter King is now in
the army & that there will be no
Court". I don't understand this & shall
not write any more to him about
Court unless I know he will make
an appointment &c I will just say
here that our Clerk is a very intelli=
-gent gentleman - & I presume he was
aware of all the facts that his exce
-llency informed him of - Truly
R McIlvain
Page 2.
R. McIlvaine
~
The only lawyer in
Bibb -
Centrevile Bibb County
Ala Sept 24 - 1861
G. W. Gagle Esq
Dr sir:
Your favor of the 19th
inst came duly to hand & in reply I will
say to you - that it will afford me much
pleasure to give you my aid in ob-
=taining the office - Ascertain for
certain that King has resigned & also that
Moore will appoint & then without
delay I will Comply at once with
your request. I wrote him two let=
-ters to learn whether or not we would
have Court - or in other words whether
or not he would appoint a [judge?] &
he write back to the Clerk that
the "Hon Porter King is now in
the army & that there will be no
Court". I don't understand this & shall
not write any more to him about
Court unless I know he will make
an appointment &c I will just say
here that our Clerk is a very intelli=
-gent gentleman - & I presume he was
aware of all the facts that his exce
-llency informed him of - Truly
R McIlvain
Page 2.
R. McIlvaine
~
The only lawyer in
Bibb -
Subject
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873;
Gayle, George Washington, 1807-1875; King, Porter, 1824-1890; Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865
Gayle, George Washington, 1807-1875; King, Porter, 1824-1890; Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865