From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from United States Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the disposition of Confederate cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that W. P. Davis be named postmaster for the town.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the business tax be waived for the town. The petitioners state that Enterprise was mostly destroyed during General William T. Sherman's military campaign in February 1864. They further state that many citizens had only Confederate money on hand after the Confederacy's surrender, and have had to borrow money to start businesses in hopes of providing for their families.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from the citizens of Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the retail tax on William H. Patton be waived, as he is a teenager supporting a widowed mother.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Two letters from R. S. Buck and George K. Birchett, respectively, both at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Major General H. W. Slocum. The first letter, by Buck, concerns the leasing of Doctor R. B. Scott's plantation under the Abandoned Lands Law of 1864 and a legal case that ensued. The second letter, by Birchett, a justice of the peace who tried said legal case, states that the case discussed in Buck's letter is the one on which Colonel Samuel Thomas ordered Birchett's arrest.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Three letters from J. L. Davis, S. S. Angevine, and Mayor R. D. McLean, respectively, all at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey. The first letter, by J. L. Davis, endorses S. S. Angevine for a special license to sell spirituous liquors and encloses Angevine's application for said license. The enclosed second letter, by S. S. Angevine, requests a special license to sell liquor. The attached third letter, by Mayor R. D. McLean of Grenada, certifies that Angevine has filed a petition to obtain a liquor license and that said petition is signed by a majority of the legal voters of Grenada.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Crump, John W. C. Watson, H. W. Walter, and James Fort at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Carrington Mason for the position of Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Northern District of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas Haynes at Shuqualak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing a letter sent to United States Postmaster General William Dennison. (Enclosed letter not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from State Geologist Eugene W. Hilgard at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving a summary of his actions during the war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff O. Metcalfe at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning resistance to the business tax. Metcalfe states that he enclosed copies of some of his letters to Sharkey as well as a copy of a notice from merchants Murphy and Gairns who are resisting the tax. (Enclosed letters not present. Enclosed notice from Murphy and Gairns is mdah_771-956-01-38).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. Shannon at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing a list of those businesspeople in the city who cannot pay the full tax owed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Otho Naylor in Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from N. R. Sledge in Sardis, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if it was necessary for him to apply for a presidential pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, to Hugh McCulloch, United States Secretary of the Treasury, asking if Treasury agents have the right to take any cotton with a doubtful title.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. D. McLean, the mayor of Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey asking if African Americans who are allegedly stealing in the community can be tried under the old codes that applied to enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Margaret Henry at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William Lewis Sharkey concerning a tax bill of 50 dollars. Henry asks that the tax on her business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from M. S. Day, United States Treasury Agent at Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his duties in collecting cotton that belonged to the Confederate government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from L. Norris and F. A. Hoyle at Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on their business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Colonel L. M. Hall, commander of the 1st Regiment Enrolled Militia, District of Vicksburg, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the organization and arming of the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from L. A. Wailes at Terry, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, offering to sell the geology collection of his father, Benjamin L. C. Wailes, to the University of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Orville Harrison, judge of the probate court of Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing and endorsing a memorial sent from citizens of Panola to Harrison. The enclosed petition asks that Harrison forward a slate of town appointments to Sharkey for approval.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. K. Smedes, a Probate Judge in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the fees charged for administering the oath of allegiance.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Joseph Frank and L. Seidenspiner at Fort Adams, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, protesting that the tax on business is too high. Frank and Seidenspiner note that they will pay the tax under protest, but ask that Sharkey address their grievances.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Joseph E. Davis, brother of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the condition of his plantation in Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from former Confederate Senator John W. C. Watson at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing a petition from prominent citizens of Holly Springs asking for the appointment of Turner H. Lane as postmaster for the city. (Enclosed petition not present). Watson also expresses interest in serving as representative at the Mississippi Constitutional Convention and asks Sharkey to call President Andrew Johnson's attention to the matter, as Watson cannot serve until he is pardoned.