From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from S. H. Hall and S. E. Millican to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending individuals for officers of the town of Ellistown, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving a notice of persons recently confirmed and rejected by the Senate for offices at Alcorn University and Noxubee, Tallahatchie, Franklin, Pike, Panola, Holmes, Leflore, and Sunflower Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Robert J. Davis, E. S. Fisher, and Jason Niles to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing recommendations that Robert J. Davis be appointed to the office of circuit court clerk in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. B. Betts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning Betts's appointment to the Board of Supervisors in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, and his concerns with taking the oath of office as prescribed by law. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Betts's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from O. F. Miles, W. Howard, and P. Balch, members of the Mississippi Legislature, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending George Stewart to the position of justice of the peace and William Bulch for constable in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas S. Hardee to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a facsimile of Alcorn's handwriting in an attached note. Alcorn sent his sample in the form of the statement "approved under an Act of the Legislature" and his signature.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. R. Johnston to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking Alcorn to appoint him to superintend the printing and arranging of "the index."

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, concerning the resignation of E. W. Lyon from his post as the justice of the peace of District 4 in Jasper County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Henry B. Whitfield to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending Henry J. Richard to be appointed as the circuit clerk of Colfax County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Whitfield's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from G. A. Nicholetts, chancery clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, reporting the resignation of Greek P. Rice and Wm. B. Avery from their positions as justices of the peace, and suggesting E. A. Tatum and J. A. Ross as their replacements. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Nicholetts's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. S. Bailey to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, expressing support for Dr. A. Bell to retain the office of circuit clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Bailey's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. Campe and J. Bordager, aldermen of Shieldsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting further instruction or orders concerning the collection of license or tax fees on the retailers of liquor in Shieldsboro. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from B. K. Bruce and several other citizens to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending B. K. Bruce to be appointed as a trustee of Alcorn University. A note from Bruce refers Alcorn to H. R. Revels for further information about himself. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mrs. C. Lockenwitz to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that she had not been paid for her services as the matron of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum in Vicksburg, Mississippi, for the months of December 1869 through April 1870. Mrs. Lockenwitz asks for her claim to be paid. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Lockenwitz's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John A. Grow to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking him to hold off on signing an amendment to the Southern Mercantile Company's bid until the governor hears from the incorporators. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Grow's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to the Mississippi House of Representatives, returning, without his approval, H. R. No. 296, an act to revive the civil disabilities of George H. Carter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Wm. A. Alcorn to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking that he send the notice of commissions for the Board of Supervisors in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, as soon as possible and stating that there are some who grow anxious in their waiting. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Governor Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of William Alcorn's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Texas Governor Edmund Davis to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, acknowledging his receipt of the joint resolution passed by the Mississippi Legislature memorializing the United States Congress to refund the taxes collected on cotton during the years 1865-1867. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Davis's letter.