From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Resolution from the citizens of Franklin County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting the Governor to convene the Mississippi State Legislature.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Ingle, a shoemaker, in Itawamba County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to have two soldiers detailed to work in his shop.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Barnes in Arkansas, a friend of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, telling him about conditions on his farm.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Barnes in Arkansas, a friend of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, telling him about conditions on his farm.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. D. Wendel, the President of the Board of Police of Tunica County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus stating that payment of taxes is impossible due to war conditions.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Hicks, surgeon of the 1st Mississippi Infantry (Minute Men), at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering his resignation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas M. McKay at Forest, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a discharge from the 38th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. J. Price at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for a discharge from the Mississippi militia as he runs a tanning business.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard T. Archer to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Doctor H. Ring be exempted from militia service. He also mentions an arsenal explosion at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Rebecca H. Elliot at Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking the discharge or furlough of her husband to come take care of the family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. C. Saffold at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning discontent caused by the Exemption Law.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus, concerning an attempt to detail Benjamin Walker of Confederate Colonel R. A. Pinson's Regiment, 1st Mississippi Calvary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Typescript copy of a letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate Colonel John Marshall Stone, commander of the 2nd Mississippi Infantry, acknowledging recept of the regiment's flag.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary L. Hull at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for her husband, William Hull, be discharged from the Mississippi Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. Martha Dillahunty at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that her son, Columbus, be discharged to come home and manage to the family's enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Major John W. Jones of the 6th Mississippi Battalion at Vicksburg, Mississippi, complaining about an inappropriate promotion.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Major G. W. Mayo to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that state arms loaned to the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana be returned.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant W. J. Floyd, commander of the Peach Creek Rangers, 18th Mississippi Calvary, informing Mississippi state militia General T. C. Tupper of a recent scouting mission.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Laban Caraway at Anson County, South Carolina, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that his fifteen year old son be discharged from the 14th Mississippi Infantry, Company A.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Judge L. W. Scarborough at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking how the impoverished people of his neighborhood can obtain salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Govenror Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Bunch at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a transfer for Richard Carnow from the 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Minute Men.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from I. N. Cason at Durant, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting permission to raise a force of enslaved people to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from I. Grozer of the 3rd Brigade, Mississippi State Troops, concerning the lack of provisions being given to state troops by the Confederate government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. Rives at Port Hudson, Louisiana, to R. T. Archer, expressing concerns about being drafted into the Mississippi state militia if he resigns.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. O. Dixon at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his attempt to obtain salt from Virginia to bring back to Mississippi.