From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. Yerger, A. R. Johnston, and F. J. Wharts to George Donnell, giving their opinion on how long Mr. Donnell is entitled to hold his appointment as the chancery clerk of Hinds County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, listing Senate confirmations of county officers for Lawrence, Warren, Newton, and Yalobusha Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. W. Dedrick to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that several members of the Warren County, Mississippi, Board of Supervisors have been indicted in connection with misuse of county funds by the late assessor, and suggesting their removal from the board. Enclosed in this letter from Dedrick are two affidavits from members of the grand jury stating the indictment of those named supervisors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. License issued by Mayor E. Wells of Kosciusko, Mississippi, authorizing G. C. Edwards to sell liquor at a store house in Kosciusko.

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 informing Alcorn that Joseph A. Warrison has declined the nomination to the office of constable in Grenada County, 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 Judge Jason Niles of the 13th District to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving the names of persons who were sentenced to the Mississippi State Penitentiary during the last term. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Niles's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from B. F. Montgomery to Thos. K. Knowland, stating that he has declined the appointment to the Board of Supervisors. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Montgomery's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. A letter of invoice from attorneys W. M. Inge and F. E. Westfield to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, for services rendered unto the state in the 10th Judicial District, in the city of Corinth, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. Wooley Patterson to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending word to Alcorn that he has turned over unnamed persons to be tried in a circuit court. Patterson requests payment for his services from the governor. He also offers his services to the governor in the future, stating that his hotel had been burned and he is now without much to do and is "quite poor". Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Patterson's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from D. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that the Mississippi Legislature has refused to approve his appointment to the office of mayor of Goodman, Mississippi. He also asks for instruction as to what he should do about it. Mitchell also asks, given that laws have been passed to hold elections for a marshall, if the townspeople can also hold elections for aldermen and mayor, and would the governor and the Legislature honor said election. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Mitchell's letter.

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, containing a notice that William Black and S. Barbee have rejected their appointment to the Board of Aldermen in the town of Oakland, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from B. F. Williams to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, withdrawing his letter of resignation from the office of justice of the peace. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Williams's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Three letters stuck together from W. T. Martin, E. H. Hicks, and J. M. Ellis, respectively. Each letter is addressed to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn and each concerns the defense of chancery clerk D. C. Kearns against efforts to remove him from office. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Martin's letter and Hicks's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to both the House of Representatives and the Senate covering numerous topics.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Copy of a letter from H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, writing on behalf of Alcorn to T. W. Williamson, concerning certain lands in Panola County, Mississippi, belonging to Williamson, which were sold to satisfy outstanding taxes owed from 1868. Included is a separate note from Hewson giving a summary of his own letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from George P. Rice to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, resigning the position of justice of the peace due to his appointment to the Board of Supervisors in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Rice's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. G. Moore to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that the roads in the area of Macon, Mississippi, are impassable and that he thus advised Woodson, Alcorn's personal secretary, to return to Jackson, Mississippi. Moore also gives a report of uncollected taxes from 1867, 1868, and 1869, and states that there are some elected officials who are included in those who have not paid their taxes from said years. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, one of Alcorn's private secretaries, giving a summary of Moore's letter.