Wilson Hemingway to Colonel Jefferson Davis, May 21, 1847

(From Vicksburg Sentinel, August 18, 1847.)

Jackson, Miss., 21st May, 1847.

Office of Secretary of State.    

Sir: Enclosed you will receive copies of letter received at the Executive Department, and which, it is, doubtless, the desire of the Governor you should have as soon as possible.

With the highest respect,

And most sincere consideration,

I am you obedient servant,

W. HEMINGWAY.

Col. Jefferson Davis,
        Comd'g 1st Mississippi Regiment.

SOURCE: Dunbar Rowland, Editor, Jefferson Davis, Constitutionalist: His Letters, Papers and Speeches, Volume 1, p. 92