Petition to Governor John Letcher [manuscript], 1860 July -August.

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Petition to Governor John Letcher [manuscript], 1860 July -August.

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Nineteen citizens of Halifax County, Va., petition Governor Letcher to commute the death sentence of a slave accused of raping a white woman to transportation. Signers include Elisha Barksdale, Jr., "counsel for the negro."

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Barksdale, Elisha, fl. 1860

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Letcher, John, 1813-1884

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Governor of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, Va., to President Buchanan, 1860 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591184 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lexington, Va., to Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, 1813-1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590807 Native of Virginia; graduate of Washington College; lawyer, newspaper editor, presidential elector in 1848, and member of Virginia's constitutional c...