From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Hunt asking help for Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, widow of a Confederate soldier, who is sick and in destitute circumstances.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. R. Lemman, the superintendent of the Confederate Nitre and Mining Bureau for District No. 11, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for an exemption for professor Eugene Hilgard, the Mississippi State Geologist.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated, printed opinion of the Mississippi Attorney-General T. J. Wharton concerning whether an office is vacated when the officeholder joins the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Dekalb, Mississippi, asking that Henry Mcintosh, a free African American man, be allowed to stay in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Leake County, Mississippi, asking that Lunceford Tucker be released from military duty to run his corn and wheat mill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Choctaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that B. F. Moore be released from military duty to run his steam mill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition to Captain Webb asking that Jefferson Scott be discharged from the 33rd Mississippi Infantry to come home and manage his dying mother's estate.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from L. L. Edmonds and Isaac Jordan in Leake County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Pettus order a special election for judge of their Judicial District.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated note to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to inform doctor J. M. Colbert of Morton, Mississippi, as to the results of the petition of Mr. Roberts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated list of 12 men and the locations where they live. This may be a list of deserters as there is a notation by one name, "Got him."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated and incomplete memorandum to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining about the low pay for Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Muerton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the verdict of the jury in the inquest over the body of the enslaved man David Spangler.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captains W. L. May and W. D. Larkin of the 1st Mississippi Battalion in Simpson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that their companies be consolidated.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Cooper with a portion only stating, "W. Cooper makes various suggestions, 12 Aug."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas R. Stockdale at Holmesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Confederate Lieutenant Haris of Louisiana who wants to organize a battery of light artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. L. Rodgers at Byhalia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms for a local military company being formed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. G. Wood to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving his travel plans and asking that he inform him of the time and place to meet the wagons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. S. Cannon in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him that the "Oktibbeha Rescue" will be ready to take the field in a few days.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Phillips to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus stating that he has few clothes with him and little money, and he is in feeble health.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Peter Quinn in Double Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms and equipment for a new military company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mr. Bates, a resident of Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking exemption from military duty as he owns a tannery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to General Charles G. Dahlgren stating that he has asked Confederate President Jefferson Davis for permission to muster in companies that are understrength.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to B. Hudnel at Brookhaven, Mississippi, stating he cannot collect less than required by Confederate authorities.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General T. C. Tupper, Commander of the Mississippi Militia, ordering General P. Henry to inform Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of the condition of Mr. Eaker.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General P. Henry of the State Militia to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a man who applied for a military exemption claiming he was a school teacher.