From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. M. Shipley to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus stating that one copy of the "Maryland Reports, Volume 16" had been forwarded to Pettus.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. N. Cager at Guntown, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting information on mustering volunteer troops into service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles Clark at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus resigning from the state milita to accept a commission in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. W. Moody at Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting discharge for John R. Jones of the "Shubuta Rifles," (Company A, 14th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. W. Dillard at Livingston, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requsting Pettus use his influence to help A. W. Dillard obtain a Confederate Army commission.