Benjamin Sammous to Richard Yates

                    Office Provost Marshal,

                   TENTH DISTRICT, ILLINOIS.

                   Jacksonville, Nov. 21 1864.

Hon. R. Yates,

        Governor of Ills.

                 Springfield, Ills.

 Governor,

                 We take pleasure in recommending Wm H. Cummings, Esq., of Jersey county, as eminently qualified to execute his design of forming a new regiment to be raised by volunteers from the 10th Congressional District of this State, should you be enabled to procure the authority for him to do so.

                                       Very Respectfully,

                                              Your obd't servt's,

                                                      Benjamin Sammons,

                                                       Wm M. Fry

                           Jacksonville, Ill.

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FRY, WM. M.

             Capt. & Provost Marshall,

                    10th District, Illinois.

Letter to Provost Mash General Nov 29 1864

                                  Snyder

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