From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Power of attorney given by Robert and Celia Moore to their lawyer, Alfred Brower of Montgomery County, North Carolina.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the citizens of Scooba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting weapons to arm a cavalry company being raised in the community.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the citizens of Morton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the governor to sign Morton's charter of incorporation.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Cooper in Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering information on the whereabouts of George Cherry, who murdered William F. Cooper.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Cooper in Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing jury inquest findings on the murder of William F. Cooper by George Cherry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. W. Merriman in Starkville, Mississippi, to William L. Harris seeking clemency for the son of Mrs. Jacobs.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas W. Harris in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that the governor sign the commissions of Harris' staff officers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas W. Harris in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms and equipment for the local militia and home guard.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. Reavis in Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a land deal in Noxubee County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. A. Graves in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking information on how to organize a militia company for Georgetown, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. A. Graves in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting information on how to organize a local militia company.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. M. Hatch to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that the governor extradite a prisoner held in Illinois that committed murder in Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary Garrett who is the mother of Thomas Garrett, a prisoner in the state penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a pardon for her son.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary Garrett who is the mother of Thomas Garrett, a prisoner in the state penitentiary, to A. M. Harden requesting that Harden help in obtaining a pardon for her son.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. B. Walker in Westville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing list of the members of the "westville guards," a local militia company.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from King and Barlow in Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a pardon for a young man named "Hayes," but offense is not stated.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Cowdan in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering suggestions on what to do if Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James J. Shannon in Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a pardon for Thomas Stringer who was convicted of assault in Smith County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Wilson from the United States General Land Office to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning swamp lands in the Augusta District.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. Q. Wilson from the United States General Land Office to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning discrepancies on the swamp lands list.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Ingraham in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting cadet muskets and two cannons for the students at St. Thomas Hall Military School.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Hiram Bonner to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending James Weathersby of Lawrence County, Mississippi, for surveying work.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. S. McMillan in Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting suspension of the jail sentence of Leroy Daughtery, convicted of assault.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. S. McMillan in Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering information regarding the pardon request of Henry J. Barlow.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. W. Metts to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing the election returns for officers of a militia company in Winston County, Mississippi.
