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 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. 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. 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.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from J. C. Gray at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning an application for release of a road and ferry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Iuka, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that George P. Hammerly be appointed as town postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Newport, Rhode Island, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, giving thanks for a letter of support that Sharkey sent to the federal government. (Author's signature is illegible).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Yerger at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, relating what he remembers of United States President Andrew Johnson's remarks concerning organizing a state militia. (This letter is a response to mdah_771-956-06-02).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Merrill, Superintendent for the Mississippi State Institution for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving a statement on the condition of the facility, which is in need of furniture and funding.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. M. Hankins at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, writing about his petition for a pardon, to which Sharkey had not yet responded.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. M. Conner of Noxubee County, Mississippi, at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, at Jackson, Mississippi, asking if the tax on cotton should be collected before it is taken to market.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. B. Mayes in Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending S. T. Pierce, a wounded veteran, for postmaster of Yazoo City, Mississippi.