From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Resolution from New York Governor Edwin D. Morgan to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering the aid of the state to the president of the United States.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Report from Winfield S. Featherston to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus regarding his work as Mississippi secession commissioner to the state of Kentucky.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Report from Mississippi secession commissioner A. H. Handy to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus updating Governor Pettus on his activities.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Report from Charles E. Hooker in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving an account of his activities as secession commissioner to South Carolina.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Receipt from Jonathan B. Norris to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for payment of telegraph bill.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from 56 members of the state secession convention to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking him to delay the execution of some African Americans.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William McKeever in Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering the services of the "Port Gibson Riflemen" (Company C, 10th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William M. Brooks in Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing copy of the Alabama Secession Ordinance (not with the letter).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Will O. Chapman in Raymond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking the job of Mississippi secession commissioner to the state of Alabama.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from United States Postmaster General Horatio King to the Postmaster at Meadville, Mississippi, asking if he is still loyal to the U. S.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from United States Senator Jefferson Davis to Eli Whitney concerning the payment for arms ordered by the state of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel R. Harrison in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tending his military services to the state of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. E. Fullerton in Raymond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a plan to create floating batteries.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to James Terrell informing him that troops will be sent as soon as possible.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Major General W. W. W. Wood of the 1st Division Mississippi Militia to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning cannon in Natchez, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. P. Blackburn, a resident of Natchez, Mississippi, writing from Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering his services to the state of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph Barbiere in Nashville, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the purchase of weapons from Europe.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Wilson in the United States General Land Office to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning land purchased by Thomas Ellis at Grenada, Mississippi, in 1833.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brigadier General Horace H. Miller in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him that the city militia is ready for any emergency.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. W. Pierce in Sharon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting advice on turning Madison College into a "military institution."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from David Hubbard in Nashville, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the recruitment of Indians to the Southern cause.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. S. Pattison in Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a plan to fortify the islands off the coast of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. P. Blair in Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the establishment of a postal system in Mississippi to replace the U. S. Postal Service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain Will T. Martin to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking Pettus to reserve 75 maynard rifles for the calvary company being raised by Martin in Adams County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. B. Banks in Westville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking approval of the Governor to take the local militia company to South Carolina.
