Requests that Hunt bring his company of 'Erin Guards' to Memphis. Transcription:: Memphis, August 1, 1861 Capt Geo B. Hunt.[Captain George B. Hunt] Iuka. Dr. Sir: ? If you can bring your company of ?ǣErin Gurads ?[Erin Guards] to this place tomorrow I will receive them and send them at once to Missouri where they will be immediately mustered into the service of the State and put into active service. Bring all the extra guns you have of all kinds, and come immediately, as I am compelled to leave here at the earliest moment. Yours respectfully, Jackson[Clairborne Fox Jackson] Gov. of Miss


Requests that Hunt bring his company of 'Erin Guards' to Memphis. Transcription:: Memphis, August 1, 1861 Capt Geo B. Hunt.[Captain George B. Hunt] Iuka. Dr. Sir: ? If you can bring your company of ?ǣErin Gurads ?[Erin Guards] to this place tomorrow I will receive them and send them at once to Missouri where they will be immediately mustered into the service of the State and put into active service. Bring all the extra guns you have of all kinds, and come immediately, as I am compelled to leave here at the earliest moment. Yours respectfully, Jackson[Clairborne Fox Jackson] Gov. of Missouri ?ǣGovernor in the saddle ? Title: Letter signed Jackson, Gov. of Missouri, Memphis, to Capt. Geo. B. Hunt, Iuka, August 1, 1861 . 1 August 1861. Jackson, Claiborne Fox, 1806-1862


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