From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Proceedings from Grand Jury of Washington County, Mississippi, for the Indictment of William E. Price for the Crime of Slander.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Echols in Huntsville, Alabama, to his son advising him to give his brother Larkin a job.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. D. Ray in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus regarding a position on the Governor's Military Staff for G. M. Fowler.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Superintendent A. M. Hardin to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting one brace of pistols for the State Penitentiary.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Reuben Davis in Washington, D. C., to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus on behalf of Wilson Turner, convicted of murdering a man in Yazoo City, Mississippi, and arguing his innocence.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. W. James in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering to sell the state unused firearms.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. S. Buck in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the legislature create a new criminal court in Warren County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. K. Chilton in Oxford, Mississippi, to J. M. Howry asking for an amendment to a law that prohibits druggists from selling liquor.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Anderson in Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting 50 percussion muskets for a military school in Brandon, MS.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. Randolph Leigh in Sunflower County, Mississippi, to W.A. Lake and C.L. Buck regarding possible legislation that would improve navigation on the Sunflower River.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John H. Echols in Jackson, Mississippi, to Colonel M. Surat asking that Jessee Russell, a freed African American, be forced to leave the state in order to protect him from being put back into slavery.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James S. Johnston in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering portraits of Mississippi Governor David Holmes and Mississippi Senator Thomas H. Williams to the state.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. T. Hallowell in DeSoto County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms and aid for a local militia being raised.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Wilson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus on behalf of the General Land Office transmitting a copy of the swamp and overflown land list.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. R. Anderson in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering to sell the state cannon and shot produced by Tredegar Iron Works.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Robertson in Brownsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking an order to hold an election to for the officers of the cavalry company being organized.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. C. Byrd in Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the reward money for the capture of escaped convict Robert S. Gerald.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from I. M. Dyer in Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for the return of two escaped criminals hiding in Alabama.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. K. Craig of the Ordnance Office in Washington, D. C., to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving the state permission to withdraw 295 rifles for the arming of a state militia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. J. Larmon to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus reporting on the architectural examination of the capitol building.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. E. Daniel in Amory, Mississippi, to John A. Echols informing him that he was chosen as an honorary member of the Mississippi Rifles.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E.G. Barney in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus inviting the Governor to attend the laying of the final rail of the Mississippi Central Railroad.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor A. B. Moore to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus regarding a letter or requisition for Wiley A. Clarke for the alleged crime of acquiring property under false pretenses.
