James M. Perry to Richard Yates

Kankakee City March 7,1864 Hon Richard Yates Gov of Ill Dear sir Your letter to Col Mack of 8th July last is just handed to me with a request from Mack that I would furnish you with a few good Union reliable men and here you have them Reuben Richardson Yellowhead P.O Russell Seager John Bennett

A S Vail [Momence?] Orson Beebe Franklin [illegible] Wm N Patterson John [illegible] Wm C Richards M A Atherton Wm A Chesterfield

Wm [Waslett?] Manlino Joseph E [Labric?] G Wanford

Geo R Letourno Bourbonnais David Perry Luc Bissett [Avil?] [Vassun?]

James Byrns [town?] Ezra Whitman Daniel Bubo Lorenzo D Legg

M. F Campbell [Dwight] Theodore H Smith Rosslund Brown

A [Cheniguz?] St Ann Rev Charles [Cheniquz?] L U Kibbons

Isaac P Humphrey Rockville John Mann Wesley Harrington

A Mullen Kankakee R A Lane Wm F Heyson D. S. Parker James McGrew [illegible] C R Starr E B Marriner M B Loomis Hans P Bonfield Alan Curtis and James Ml Perry

In the above list you have some from each town in the county, all good free and loyal citizens

What are you going to do with them?

Sincerely Yours James M Perry

Kankakee Co Perry James M.