From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Oath taken by I. R. Bowles at Monroe County, Mississippi, swearing that he has permission to transport 800 bales of cotton into United States Army lines. J. N. Walton, a clerk, has certified the oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. D. Holder at Egypt, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending Captain John O. Gresham for state salt agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark about the progress on the distillery Strong was building.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Terence McGowan, an attorney at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the claim of his clients against the Mississippi government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff William Taylor of Madison County, Mississippi, at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, requesting assistance to have a still destroyed. Taylor alleges that B. F. Passmore and R. C. Sanders are illegally making whiskey which they have an enslaved person sell to other African Americans. Taylor suggests that Clark ask Confederate General Wirt Adams to have the still destroyed. On the reverse, a note from Clark dated July 7, 1864, directs Adams to destroy said still. A subsequent note from Captain Allen T. Bowie, Jr., dated July 21, 1864, indicates that a detail will be sent to comply with Clark's order.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff E. C. Eggleston of Lowndes County, Mississippi, at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning a mule wrongfully impressed by the 6th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from S. J. High in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking an appointment as state salt agent should the current agent resign.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson, a judge for Yazoo and Holmes Counties, Mississippi, at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, explaining that he could not hold court because of United States Army activity.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark in Macon, Mississippi, to Doctor Robert Kells, the superintendent of the Mississippi State Asylum, concerning supplies for the Mississippi Institution for the Blind.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest at Tupelo, Mississippi, offering to muster and lend him two companies of state troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mayor D. N. Barrows of Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking to have the city sexton exempted from conscription under provisions in Clark's proclamation that exempt municipal officers. Barrows explains the sexton's duties and he asserts that the city sexton is an indispensible elected official who is entitled to the same privileges as other municipal officers. He asks Clark to give his opinion on whether the sexton thus qualifies for exemption.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. A. Banks at Westville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning alleged abuses against local residents by Captain F. M. Little and his men as they destroy distilleries in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lock E. Houston at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending John O. Grisham for the appointment as government salt agent if the current agent, Z. A. Philips, resigns.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lieutenant H. B. Sutton and Lieutenant T. W. Smith, both of the 22nd Mississippi Regiment, in Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning deserters from their regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John W. Robinson, a trustee for the Mississippi Institution for the Instruction of the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking to sell cotton through United States Army lines to support the institute. Robinson notes that Dr. Robert Kells, superintendent for the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, has already made similar arrangements for his institution.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. B. W. Duckworth of Smith County, Mississippi, at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning commissions for the Smith County Guards, a local defense company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. B. Deason at Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that five soldiers be allowed to stay in his command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. A. McNeil at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending John O. Grisham for the position of government salt agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from F. Barksdale at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting cotton cards for impoverished people of the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from E. M. Blackburn, a member of the Mississippi Relief Association at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting aid for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers at Atlanta, Georgia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Doctor W. R. Chew at Atlanta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking state support for his aid society, which is helping wounded and sick Mississippi Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain S. S. Fatherree, quartermaster of E. A. Peyton's Battalion of Mississippi Cavalry, at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to D. Hansboro, concerning the impressment of twenty-five pounds of salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Captain Goodwyn Nixon at Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting permission to raise a company in south Mississippi for local defense.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from C. Baskerville at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, updating on the progress his company has made in filling their contract with the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the effort to destroy allegedly illegal stills on the Mississippi and Alabama border.