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To his Excellency Charles Clark
Governor of the State of Mississippi—

Your petitioners, citizens of Tishomingo county in view of the embarrassed condition of the inhabitants of the county generally & the almost total destitution of a very large number of women & children, rendered So in part by the heavy drain upon its male population & more espicially, by the Spoliatious, robberies & depredations committed by the public enemy during two years of occupation & by other lawless men during & Since that time, would most respectfully Submit to your consideration the following facts;


1st That with the loss of nearly all the Slave Labor of the county & that of the white male population between the ages of 17 & 50, the productious of labor necsssary for the Support of a very large population, consisting mostly of women & children, now devolve upon a comparatively Small number & those in general not of the able bodied class of our citizens—
2nd That owing to the great Scarcity of horses & Mules & forage to feed with during the Season of Ploughing & loss of time in obtaining bread from So great a distance during the Spring & Summer, the present crop will necessarily be a short one & we fear greatly inadequate to the Support of our population the ensuing year, and more Especially should those embraced within your Late call be Kept from home for any considerable time, having their crops Exposed on account of insufficient forces &c
3 That now is the time with most for the Saving of fodder Also that as a Substitute for meat which a very large number have not had during the present year, and cannot Expect to have the next, owing to the Scarcity of hogs & also of cattle, the Sugar or molasses cane has been Extensively planted & is rapidly approaching the Grinding Season when it must be lost if not attended to—

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