Letter from unidentified sender in Mobile, Alabama, to Governor A. B. Moore regarding appointment of agency for selling state bonds
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Title
Letter from unidentified sender in Mobile, Alabama, to Governor A. B. Moore regarding appointment of agency for selling state bonds
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Type
Text
Creator
Humphries, H. G.
Date
1861 January 29
Format
Letter
Place
Mobile (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Spencer Hodge
transcription
Mobile Jany 29th 1861
To His Excellency Gov A B Moore
Dr sir
I presume there will be an Agency established here for the purpose of selling the State Bonds which are to be issued under the Ordinance that was passed by the Convention; And in view of such Agency, I beg leave to ask of yr Excellency the appointment of Messrs [Garen?] or Williams & Co; Or if it be necessary to give this Agency to an individual, in that Case I ask that Price Williams Esqr of the above firm, be appointed; Both Mr Williams and his Commercial firm, are highly respo nsible, and stand high here as Merchants, and as individuals; There will no doubt be several applicants for this Agency - Among [hst?] the number, probably messrs St John [Pon?] ers & Co, and H B Holcomb Esqr - both of the above named parties have been opposed to all of our action, and certainly do not deserve benefits that may arise from the Sale of the Bon ds, or any thing else, taken we have good & true men, in our party, who are quite as Competent, and perhaps more responsible; Mr Williams has been a Strong and an
efficient man, in our Cause, and has freely spent both his time, and his money, to accomplish whatfriends, and Calab has been done - and I am sure your Excellency will appreciate the justice, and the propriety, of giveing any appointment of this kind to our friends, and [Colaborators?], instead of those who have been working against us
Very Respect Your obt Servt H G Humphries
Letter from H. G. Humphrey - On subject of Selleng State Bonds
To His Excellency Gov A B Moore
Dr sir
I presume there will be an Agency established here for the purpose of selling the State Bonds which are to be issued under the Ordinance that was passed by the Convention; And in view of such Agency, I beg leave to ask of yr Excellency the appointment of Messrs [Garen?] or Williams & Co; Or if it be necessary to give this Agency to an individual, in that Case I ask that Price Williams Esqr of the above firm, be appointed; Both Mr Williams and his Commercial firm, are highly respo nsible, and stand high here as Merchants, and as individuals; There will no doubt be several applicants for this Agency - Among [hst?] the number, probably messrs St John [Pon?] ers & Co, and H B Holcomb Esqr - both of the above named parties have been opposed to all of our action, and certainly do not deserve benefits that may arise from the Sale of the Bon ds, or any thing else, taken we have good & true men, in our party, who are quite as Competent, and perhaps more responsible; Mr Williams has been a Strong and an
efficient man, in our Cause, and has freely spent both his time, and his money, to accomplish whatfriends, and Calab has been done - and I am sure your Excellency will appreciate the justice, and the propriety, of giveing any appointment of this kind to our friends, and [Colaborators?], instead of those who have been working against us
Very Respect Your obt Servt H G Humphries
Letter from H. G. Humphrey - On subject of Selleng State Bonds
Subject
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807–1873; State bonds—Alabama; Banks and banking—Alabama; Alabama—Politics and government—To 1865; United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Economic aspects; Mobile (Ala.); Mobile County (Ala.)