From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from N. A. Time to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a pardon on behalf of the son of Josiah Hunter who was convicted of an assault with intent to kill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Jerry Smith to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending a letter of resignation from the office of alderman of the city of Port Gibson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, saying that J. A. Capers has declined the appointment to the office of councilman in the city of Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from C. S. Swan to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, certifying that the attached copy of the order from the Board of School Directors of Newton County, Mississippi called for the removal of W. A. Raines from the office of treasurer for his failure and refusal to submit his reports to the Board.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Expense report from L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service Bureau, in the case of the killing of J. P. Connor at Winona, Mississippi, by Collins.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from S. J. Parker to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, tendering his resignation from the office of constable in Rankin County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Hansborough, Tuttle, and Jackson to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending John McMurray to the office of supervisor of Beat 4 in Carroll County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John G. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to know when the first term of Alcorn University would commence as he has been appointed as a teacher.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. Dewitt Miller to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a copy of his annual message to the legislature.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Memorandum from F. E. Adams to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, attaching the affidavit of W. W. Robinson attesting that Henry Hardy murdered Robert Parker in Jasper County, Mississippi, in August 1867. Adams requests for a transcript to be sent to him and that a reward be offered for Hardy's arrest in the amount of $200.00. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Adams's memo.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from P. T. S. Ford and N. L. Ball to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing that there are no current justices of the peace in Marion County, Mississippi, and recommending that Lyman Canley be appointed to said position

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of State James D. Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that George W. Walton has resigned the office of Inspector of Provisions for the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Lynch's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. Devi to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking Alcorn to send United States Army troops to Lee County, Mississippi, to help with a rash of crimes against African Americans in the county. Devi notes that parties have burned a Black church to the ground, shot another man at his own home, and whipped several other people, yet the local authorities have done nothing to help out of fear.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff Jas. M. Burton of Lee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that a person or persons burned a Black Methodist Church in Lee County, and that a party of armed men also subsequently murdered an African American man named Gilbert Fields.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Bentonville Taylor to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending a number of persons for vacant positions within Marion County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Taylor's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mayor William Price of Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending clemency on behalf of Tom Hanks of Grenada. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Price's letter.