From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Receipt from Captain Henry E. Williamson, 3rd Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, for one gray mare impressed from J. G. Dubois.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Turner at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning "Mr. Norman's" inability to meet his contract for salt because of poor health and United States Army raids.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Turner at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his duties as salt agent for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Dr. Robert Kells, Superintendent of the Mississippi Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a plan to finance the operations of the asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. L. McNeel at Fort Stephens in Kemper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the raising of a company of cavalry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Orrick and Landers at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi John Jones Pettus asking permission to distill alcohol for use as medicine.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. Van Nacter at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if Senator Joseph R. Davis had resigned his seat.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus in Jackson, Mississippi, authorizing Benjamin Strong to purchase 50,000 bushels of salt for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. G. Moore, Warden of the Alabama Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the discharge of Mississippi inmates being held in the facility.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James W. Anderson in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a pardon for his relative W. H. Pierce.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' aide, James H. Rives, to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, concerning the conscription of state cavalry into Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' aide, James H. Rives, to Confederate General Stephen D. Lee, concerning the conscription of state cavalry into Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Catchings at Georgetown, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus who is seeking an exemption from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter of impressments of horses made from Captain Henry E. Williamson, impressment officer for the 3rd Mississippi Cavalry, State Troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General S. J. Gholson at Tibbee, Mississippi, to General Gideon Pillow, concerning a plan to transfer the Mississippi State Cavalry to Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General J. Z. George at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his attempt to raise a regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Gideon Pillow at Columbus, Mississippi, to Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon concerning the plan to transfer state cavalry into Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Gideon Pillow at Columbus, Mississippi, to Confederate General Samuel J. Gholson concerning the plan to transfer state cavalry into Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Gideon Pillow at Columbus, Mississippi, to General Samuel J. Gholson, concerning the transfer of Mississippi state cavalry to Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. D. Moore at Noxubee County, Mississippi,to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for the exemption of his brother, J. G. Moore, from conscription.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. Moore, Superintendent of the arsenal at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the building of a new arsenal and armory.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. Haby, a ranger from Choctaw County, Mississippi, at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the disposal of stray property.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain John T. Shaaff, Chief Commissary Officer at Morton, Mississippi, to W. E. Moore concerning charges against Captain John S. Kennedy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain John T. Shaaff at the Office of the Chief Commissary in Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the seizure of some wheat being shipped by train by Mr. Lowry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Assistant Adjutant General B. S. Ewell, concerning Special Orders number 177 related to payment of Mississippi State Troops.