From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Bingham in North Carolina, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking information on Doctor Stuart White, a resident of Bolivar County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. S. Cassedy in Meadville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an appointment as provost marshal for Franklin County, Mississippi, to hunt down deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. McGehee in Demopolis, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an appointment as agent to purchase salt for the State of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Britton in Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an overseer exemption to Confederate military service for a Mr. Carver.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Receipt from W. C. Turner, an agent for the State of Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, who received $35,000 for the purchase of salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas H. Wynne of the Virginia Legislature to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus , concerning a bill that would have the states guarantee the Confederate States of America debt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas D. Harris, an officer in the Confederate 6th Mississippi Infantry, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have L. D. Rhodes take his position as sheriff while he is in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Burgin of the 3rd Mississippi Battalion of state troops to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a petition to have his unit moved closer to home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Stephen Winston, one of the crew of the Confederate Texas gunboat Josiah H. Bell, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an appointment in the Confederate heavy artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Secretary of War James A. Seddon to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning conscripts on active duty with the Mississippi State Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel Magruder in Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a discharge from the Mississippi State Militia so he can manage the enslaved persons on his plantation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. S. Noble to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have her son Patrick Noble, a member of the Confederate 3rd Mississippi Infantry Battalion, furloughed home due to sickness.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Henry Glenn in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, offering his services as a Confederate engineer, artillery, or infantry officer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. D. Palmer, an officer in the 4th Mississippi Infantry at Winona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a commission in the Mississippi State Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. D. Black at the Quartermaster General's Department in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking permission to give tents to the Confederate government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Moses Jackson, an officer in the 33rd Mississippi Infantry at Amite County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking pardons for two men so that they can join his regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition of Moses H. Steed, a citizen of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking exemption from the Mississippi State Militia as he has 40 enslaved persons and no overseer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at the state camp of instruction at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a request for exemption by a Mr. Redus.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. C. Cummings in Fulton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, recommending Alfred P. Gaither for a provost marshal's position.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel B[urgin] B. Moore of the 3rd Mississippi Battalion, State Troops to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a petition to have his unit moved closer to home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Robinson, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to endorse his enclosed letter (letter not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John G. Poindexter at Liberty, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a shipment of 4 bales of warp.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James B. Ross to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an exemption from the Mississippi State Militia until he has gathered his crops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Howard W. Wilkinson at Pearlington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning deserters hiding out on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. Vaughan at Benton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a discharge for Isaiah Gooden, a member of the Mississippi State Militia, so he can resume his duties as overseer.