From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Colonel Samuel Thomas of the Freedmen's Bureau to General H. W. Slocum, commander of the department of Mississippi, concerning the case of J. D. Collier, whose lease of an abandoned land is being challenged by the previous owner. (Document is related to mdah_776-960-01-09.)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, by order of the United States Secretary of War, stating that Sergeant Cay H. Landon of the 1st Mississippi Rifles will be released from confinement at the Missouri State Penitentiary and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Major A. A. Hosner, judge advocate, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the jurisdiction of military courts in cases involving Mississippi citizens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, by order of the United States Secretary of War, stating that Private J. M. Morgan of the 1st Mississippi Rifles will be released from confinement at the Gratiot Street Prison in Saint Louis, Missouri, and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, by order of the United States Secretary of War, stating that Private John McWilliams of the 1st Mississippi Rifles will be released from confinement at the Missouri State Penitentiary and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed copy of a telegram from United States Army Lieutenant Colonel C. T. Christensen, by order of General E. R. S. Canby at New Orleans, Louisiana, to General G. K. Warren at Vicksburg, Mississippi, telling Warren to allow all cotton to be brought forward without any military restriction and ending the search for Confederate cotton. This copy is printed by Assistant Adjutant General Frederic Speed for General J. W. David.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Captain J. Warren Miller at Meridian, Mississippi, to Z. A. Philips, concerning the transfer of the Mississippi State Salt Agency records, funds, and property to the federal government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter by Assistant Adjutant General Frederic Speed containing a copy of an order from United States Army Major General E. R. S. Canby at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General E. D. Osband, commanding the post of Jackson, Mississippi, telling Osband to secure all the judicial land and other records affecting the title to property and other private interests.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Captain J. Warren Miller to Captain Frederick Speed requesting that General John W. Davidson, commanding the district of Natchez, Mississippi, be instructed to secure and hold the Mississippi land office records at Washington, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. W. C. Watson, a former Confederate senator, at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, congratulating him on being named provisional governor and asking his help in obtaining a federal amnesty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Captain J. P. Schooley of the 66th United States Colored Infantry at Jackson, Mississippi, to Captain J. Warren Miller, concerning the request by Colonel Zeigler of the 52nd United States Colored Infantry for fresh beef.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed circular from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, publishing the instructions for giving the amnesty oath by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward at Washington, District of Columbia

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Major A. A. Hosner, judge advocate, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the jurisdiction of military courts in cases involving Mississippi citizens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Transaction of a case from the special court of equity, concerning the sale of 130 bales of cotton in Jefferson County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Order No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General E. D. Townsend at the United States War Department in Washington, District of Columbia, stating that Private Aaron Blackwell of the 1st Battalion, Mississippi Marine Brigade, will be released from confinement and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Copy of a letter from First Lieutenant John W. Critchfield, sub-commissioner for the Freedmen's Bureau at Canton, Mississippi, to Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson, acting assistant commissioner for the Freedmen's Bureau in the Northern District of Mississippi, concerning problems caused by the local militia in Livingston, Mississippi, wrongfully seizing guns from freedmen. (This document is the enclosed letter mentioned in mdah_776-960-01-34).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 16 from Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, concerning the reinstatement of municipal authorities in Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, by order of the United States Secretary of War, stating that Private Wiley Wade of the 1st Battalion, Cavalry, Mississippi Marine Brigade, will be released from confinement at the Missouri State Penitentiary and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Certificate of loyalty for Charles B. Ames of Macon, Mississippi, stating that he was opposed to secession and never departed from his loyalty to the United States government. The certificate is signed by United States Army Captain W. W. Wheatley, provost marshal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson, acting assistant commissioner for the Freedmen's Bureau in the Northern District of Mississippi, to Major W. A. Gordon, assistant adjutant general to Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, enclosing an extract of a letter from Lieutenant John W. Critchfield concerning the wrongful seizure of arms from freedmen in Madison County, Mississippi. (Enclosed letter from Critchfield is mdah_776-960-01-35). A note from Gordon, on behalf of Osterhaus, indicates that Donaldson's correspondence was referred to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. H. Harvey, clerk of the circuit court of Choctaw County, Mississippi, at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that someone broke into the county courthouse and took all the civil and criminal papers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Major R. S. Moore at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Lieutenant E. Weakley, concerning efforts of "certain parties" to claim cotton for the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Colonel Samuel Thomas of the Freedmen's Bureau at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to J. D. Collier, informing Collier that his rights as lessee of an abandoned plantation will be protected by Thomas and his men. (Document is related to mdah_776-960-01-16).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed form letter from Assistant Adjutant General W. A. Gordon at Jackson, Mississippi, giving Major General Peter J. Osterhaus's instructions on cotton claims. The letter is unaddressed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Lieutenant Colonel P. Jones York to C. H. Clark, requiring Clark to appear at post headquarters to answer for "cases of disorder" allegedly committed by him.