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Letter from David Atkins in Jacksonville, Alabama, to Governor Thomas H. Watts in Montgomery, Alabama

Danid Atkins letter o Governor Thomas H. Watts

David Atkins was a wealthy slaveholding farmer located in Jacksonville, Alabama. In his letter to Governor Thomas H. Watts, he requests an alternative to the impressment of his slaves. After making a case to not send a slave, he offers an undetermined financial sum instead.

Letter from Lt. Col. V. Sheliha in Mobile, Alabama, to Thomas H. Watts in Montgomery, Alabama

Letter from Lt. Col. B. Sheliha in to Governor Thomas H. Watts.

Lt. Col. V. Sheliha reiterates the importancae of further impressment of slave laborers in the defense of Mobile, Alabama.