From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Watkins at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus asking for a "Stay Law" to bar the collection of debts for nonpayment of taxes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William S. Smith at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting to know when the "Columbus Light Artillery" will be ordered into service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William G. Lampkin at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting arms to be sent to secessionists in Missouri.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. P. Bristow at Raymond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting employment as the Governor's secretary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and Histroy Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. McGehee at Madison, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting a commisary position with the "Black Hawk Rifles," (Company G, 22nd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Worthington at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting his commission with the "Spartan Band," (Company H, 13th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Johnson at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus tendering his services to the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. E. Ross at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Confederate Captain Randall's company be sent to Confederate Colonel Shelby's regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Tom F. Pettus at Morton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting tents for the Morton Pine Knots, (Company H, 20th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas T. Land, a member of the Louisiana Supreme Court, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking a commission for his son, Alfred D. Land.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. B. Woodruff at Fearn Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus tendering the services of the "Wigfall Rifles."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. Day at Shuqualak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning payment of a clothing account for the "Quitman Light Infantry."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Parham B. Williams from Pike County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus tendering the services of a miltary company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from officers of the "Bolivar Troop" (Company H, 1st Mississippi Cavalry) to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus stating their assistance had been requested in Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. Y. Neely at Scooba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking to raise a company of militia for county defense.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. D. Watson at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the American Land Company, a Northern-owned business in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and Histroy Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus to Confederate General Braxton Bragg concerning the arrest of two members of the 10th Mississippi infantry for desertion.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from members of the "Quitman Light Infantry" to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting reimbursement for monies spent on uniforms.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Willis at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus declining a commission as General of Mississippi State Troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and Histroy Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John B. Herring at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting "Mississippi" buttons for the "Cherry Creek Rifles," (Company I, 2nd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John B. Deason at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting an officer to muster into service the "Gainesville Volunteers," (Company G, 3rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John A. Winston at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus recounting news of his travels.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Terral at Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting that W. B. Trotter be appointed a general in the Mississippi militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. G. Randle at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting Maynard Rifles to arm a local militia to protect the county from an alleged uprising of enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. D. McConnell at Brownsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus introducing David Slay who was seeking to join the Confederate Army.