Fendall, James Robert Young (ca. 1838-1867) [Post-war letters and copy of oath of allegiance] [decimalized]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03135.11 Author/Creator: Fendall, James Robert Young (ca. 1838-1867) Place Written: [various places] Type: Header Record Date: circa 1865-1866 Pagination: 11 items Order a Copy
Collection of ten letters and copy of an oath of allegiance from Mississippi. Contains material from immediately after the War concerning an attempt by Fendall, who served in Confederate forces, to get a federal clerkship in the customs house in Mississippi. The four letters from James (written from Terry, Mississippi) to his father, Philip Richard Fendall II, offer accounts of the destruction of war, his reasons for desiring a federal appointment, problems of loyalty oaths, and politics in Mississippi involving Governor William Sharkey and Albert Gallatin Brown.
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