From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Resolutions from a mass meeting of the workingmen of Massachusetts calling on a peaceful resolution to the current crisis.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from Jessee Willford, an inmate at the state penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a pardon.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the citizens of Winnebago County, Illinois, to Confederate President Jefferson Davis warning Davis of a plot to destroy the levees on the Mississippi River.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Walter Goodman, President of the Mississippi Central Railroad, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning recent events in regard to the railroad.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. L. Austin in Clarke County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the raising of a military company in the local area.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the Committee of Public Safety in Texas to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking permission for surrendered United States Army soldiers to pass through Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the "Pettus Guards" in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking permission to organize. (Company K, 13th Mississippi Infantry)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. R. Bridges in Scullyville in the Choctaw Nation (Oklahoma) to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning allegiance of the Indians to the Confederacy.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Rankin County, Mississippi, citizens to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus bringing to the Governor's attention the lack of corn in Rankin, Simpson, and Smith counties, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. P. Willing in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting "Maynard or Minie Rifles" for the "Crystal Springs Guards."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. Lowry, postmaster at Marion Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the carrying of mail by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. C. Gallaway in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a mail agent appointment for James Rhea.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John P. Elmer in Biloxi, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the sale of supplies seized from Ship Island, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James W. Rhea in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor concerning a mail agent appointment.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jacob Thompson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the secession of Arkansas.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry H. Allen in Scott County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the establishment of a "Home Guard" of men too old for active military service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry Dickinson, Mississippi Commissioner to the state of Delaware, writing from Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus reporting on his activities.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. W. McMackin in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering to take a military company to Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George F. Crawford in Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms for a local militia company. (Company G, 15th Mississippi Infantry)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. W. Fowler in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a cannon that was shipped to Vicksburg from the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, arsenal.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles D. Fontaine in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting "Colt's Cavalry or Navy Repeaters" for the "Pontotoc Dragoons."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Beverly Matthews in Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending William B. Wade for Brigadier General of Mississippi militia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. W. Flowers in Woodbury, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the prospects of Tennessee leaving the Union.
