From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Payroll report for the Mississippi Secret Service Department for September 1870, submitted by L. M. Hall, chief of the department. Appended are additional notes regarding the department, its personnel, and its finances, dated September 28, 1870, October 15, 1870, and October 22, 1870, respectively.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. F. Henson, private secretary to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, to Secretary of State James Lynch, informing Lynch that Alcorn has appointed John W. Parker as the supervisor of District 4 in Grenada County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Executive document from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing his response to the petition for executive clemency for Creed Taylor, in which he commutes Taylor's sentence of death to life imprisonment. (This document is a response to mdah_786-971-05-10).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Document from L. A. Bell, clerk for Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch, providing a short summary of a letter received from R. L. Banton requesting a copy of the Acts of the last Mississippi Legislature. (Original letter from Banton not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. Macdonough of the National Bank Note Company in New York to General T. W. B. Henson, asking for more information on items sent to them to be engraved and printed so that the company can give Henson an estimate of cost.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Receipt from J. A. Rolls acknowledging that he received the sum of $25.00 from L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service Department, for expenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. Casper at Raymond, Mississippi, to Brigadier General J. A. Peyton, requesting Peyton's recommendation for the office of major of militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John Butler at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General T. W. B. Henson, clarifying Butler's intentions from his last letter to Henson in regards to his placement in Vicksburg and the change in his placement over the county courthouse rather than the chain-gang.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from E. D. Clark and R. Booth, counsel for Creed Taylor, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting clemency for Taylor, who was convicted of the 1868 murder of Henry Markham. (Alcorn's response to this petition is mdah_786-971-05-12).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Proclamation of Georgia Governor Rufus Bullock, offering a reward for the arrest and extradition of W. B. H. "Nat" Kidd, who is accused of murdering Mary Gray in 1869. The proclamation is certified by Georgia Secretary of State David G. Cotting.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. P. Matthews at Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, detailing why a Mr. Wheeler was not brought back to court by Mr. King, and stating that Wheeler had been arrested/detained by the mayor of Beauregard, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Exhibit of Mississippi Secret Service accounts to date (as of) September 24, 1870, prepared by L. M. Hall.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Receipt from L. M. Hall, indicating that he received $3,000 in state warrants by Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn on behalf of the Mississippi Secret Service Department.