From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from F. W. Keys, a district attorney in Carroll County, Mississippi, to H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, addressing an accusation against Keys of his excessive drinking, and mentioning that he has not had a drink in several days in his efforts to quit. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson giving a summary of Keys's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from F. W. Buttinghaus at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for a recommendation from Alcorn to be appointed to the proposed German consulate to be formed for those living in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Enclosed in Buttinghaus's letter are letters of support from several other citizens of Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. M. Sea to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending his resignation of the office of the circuit clerk of Warren County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Sea's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Certified copy of an indictment from the grand jury of Carroll County, Mississippi, against three men for the murder of Arnold J. Brantley. The document is certified by R. C. Hansbrough, clerk of the circuit court. (This document is the enclosed indictment mentioned in mdah_786-973-07-11).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from R. C. Hansbrough, clerk of the circuit court of Carroll County, Mississippi, to H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, enclosing a certified copy of an indictment against three men for the murder of Arnold J. Brantley. (Enclosed indictment is mdah_786-973-07-10).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. H. Porter to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking Alcorn to transmit Porter's statement that he is not a member of the Ku Klux Klan to the proper authority. Although there has not been a claim or charge weighed against him, there are threats of such charges being rumored, and he asks the governor's help in this matter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from R. F. Verst, justice of the peace, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending George W. Riddell to the office of constable of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Verst's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff E. F. Haynie of Alcorn County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that he had to pay the fare for his guards on several railroads because their certificates for expenses had been denied by the railroad agents. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Haynie'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, informing Alcorn that E. D. Fisher has declined the appointment to the office of alderman of the city of Jackson, 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 John McKenzie to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending Edward Armstead to the office of chancery clerk for Montgomery County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of McKenzie's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Franklin B. Hough to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing to request another copy of the seal of the state to be included in a presentation on the constitutions of every state. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Hough's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff Henry P. Scott to H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, clearing up a controversy concerning Scott's bonds being filed properly for the office of sheriff and tax collector.

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 of the formation and organization of Montgomery 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 W. Stanley to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn of the assault on Representative Coggeshall, who had been approached by three men from Oakland, Mississippi, and subsequently shot. Stanley also reports that the assailants had been allowed by a justice of the peace to escape. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Stanley'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, informing Alcorn that H. Spangler has declined the appointment to the office of alderman of the city of Jackson, 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 Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the resignation of R. P. Regan from the office of Treasurer of Marion 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 John Marshall to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending Hiram S. Hill to replace T. C. Curry on the Carroll County, Mississippi, Board of Supervisors. Curry has been appointed to the Montgomery County, Mississippi, Board of Supervisors. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Marshall's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from E. Stafford, Jas. R. Yerger, and A. Virden to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing a request by the board of mayor and aldermen of the city of Jackson, Mississippi, to reinstate two previously removed members of the board, a McLaughlin and Peyton. Enclosed in the letter is a newspaper clipping containing the proceedings of a public meeting in which citizens of Jackson appointed Stafford, Yerger, and Virden to write to Alcorn on the aforesaid matter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Correspondence from E. S. Peyton and several other citizens of Copiah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing two support letters and a petition for R. J. Catchings to be reinstated as the mayor of Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the correspondence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff Henry P. Scott to H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, concerning whether or not Scott has made the appropriate bond before discharging the duties of his office as the sheriff of Issaquena County, Mississippi. Scott contends that he has made the appropriate bond and states that some within the county are acting against him in order to have him removed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from M. Emanuel, president of the Vicksburg and Meridian Rail Road Company, to H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, informing Hewson that he will grant a free pass to blind persons desiring to ride the train in order to go to and from the Mississippi Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Emanuel's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mayor W. C. Harrell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to request that an election be held in order to fill city officers for the newly chartered town of Osyka, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Harrell's letter.