From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. M. Dowling to W. D. Lyles attesting that he was a member of the Union party in Mississippi prior to the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. H. Mangum to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, containing correspondance from General H. W. Slocum regarding the bail of G. N. Jordan, as he is very sick and likely to die.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from William M. Pollan at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, stating that he and others are not trying to keep a secret organization but that they wish to replace some disloyal office holders in Choctaw County, Mississippi. Attached is a petition from the clerk of the probate court of the county, listing the positions Pollan and his associates wish to replace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from several citizens of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning outrages allegedly commited by United States Colored Troops stationed in their community.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Captain H. C. Moore in Tippah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning efforts by pro-Confederate citizens to have his Union militia disbanded.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Pollan in Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his efforts to organize a Union League militia in Choctaw County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. List of charges and specifications by Lieutenant and Provost Marshal T. Horatio Everson, containing charges against William J. Ester for alleged highway robbery of a Charles B. Burwell and alleged larceny of property belonging to a freed African American man named Robert Stokes near Meridian, Mississippi. Included are the names of five witnesses. Attached is a paper with various notes, added in October 1865, by Major W. A. Gordon, Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, and Sharkey's successor Benjamin G. Humphreys. Gordon's note refers Everson's list to Sharkey. Sharkey's notes refer the list to Humphreys, who assumed the governorship on October 16, 1865. Humphreys' note states that Ester will be received by the civil authorities.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, to Major General Henry W. Slocum, concerning a legal case in Warren County, Mississippi, in which a plantation owner sued to regain his leased property. A Colonel Thomas allegedly arrested one of the justices of the peace who tried the case after judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. Sharkey regards Thomas's actions as unbecoming, and he asks Slocum to "furnish the [Warren County] sheriff with sufficient military force" to execute the court's judgment. Also included is a hand-transcribed copy of Sharkey's letter to Slocum (possibly transcribed by a member of either Sharkey or Slocum's staff).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from E. E. Moody at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to help him collect money from the federal government because United States Army troops had allegedly occupied and used his blacksmith shop without providing promised compensation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Pollan, a veteran of the 1st Mississippi Mounted Rifles (United States), at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, regarding Pollan's election as probate judge and the organization of the militia in Choctaw County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Affidavit of N. J. Gilmer, notarized by Theophilus Harvey, justice of the peace of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning cotton that N. J. Gilmer was allegedly forced to sell to the Confederate States government and Gilmer's application for amnesty. The affidavit is dated July 18, 1865. Attached are additional statements from United States Army Captain Robert S. Richland and other citizens testifying to Holmes' position as a justice and to Gilmer's allegiance to the United States. The appended statements are variously dated July 18 and July 19, 1865.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Ira McDowell at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Colonel Otto Funke, commander of the United States Army post at Grenada, Mississippi. In his letter, dated June 22, 1865, McDowell warns Funke that secessionist men are attempting to take power by seeking appointments to vacant offices in the local government of Choctaw County, Mississippi. McDowell asks Funke to telegraph Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey about this matter, as Funke believes that said men are on their way to Jackson, Mississippi, to present a petition for appointments to Sharkey. Attached is a note from Colonel Funke to Sharkey, dated June 23, 1865, in which Funke refers McDowell's letter to the governor with the request that Sharkey consult "the large number of Union men" in Choctaw County about the appointment of civil officers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for a remission of the business tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. T. Rowland, a former United States Army soldier from Tippah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the requirement that he take the Amnesty Oath in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff Lem Doty of Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, relating his efforts to collect taxes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. V. Thomas of Verona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning hardships caused by the business tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from General M. F. Force at Jackson, Mississippi, to B. G. Humphreys, whom Force mistakenly addresses as "Governor of Ohio", requesting that freedmen who have leased land should not have their leases interfered with.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from F. W. Boyd at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning pardon papers for his brother, Judge Boyd.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from D. W. Johnston, assessor of Hancock County, Mississippi, at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, stating that he had just received word of the tax on businesses in the state. Johnston also mentions a local businessmen who sells several goods in the same building, and asks if he must pay separate business tax for every good sold.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from B. S. Trice at Verona, Itawamba County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be reduced.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas T. Eckert, acting Assistant Secretary of War at Washington, District of Columbia, to United States Army General Henry W. Slocum at Jackson, Mississippi. Eckert writes on behalf of United States President Andrew Johnson, telling Slocum that if he had made an order that countered Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey's proclamation for a formation of state militia, then Slocum must revoke the order at once. (This letter is related to mdah_771-956-06-22).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. Ward at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, introducing Mr. James Randle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sharkey Matilda at Brownsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's aid in obtaining compensation for the damage allegedly done to her property by the United States Army. Included is a list of the property damaged.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from J. S. Carver at Shuqualak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived. Attached is a letter of support from Sheriff W. M. Conner dated September 6, 1865.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from United States President Andrew Johnson at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the organization of a state militia. Johnson states that the militia is a necessity for restoring the country to order.