From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from a number of ladies at Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that Lieutenant Cornelius Vaughan be detailed to work in their neighborhood.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the Board of Police of Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that a request to distill spirits in the county be declined

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the officers of the 1st Mississippi Battalion, State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking the back pay due the men of the unit.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Petition from the soldiers of the 1st Regiment, Mississippi Minute Men, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus protesting their transfer to Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Curtis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking to be exempted from militia duty as he is a clerk of the Probate Court of Carroll County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Turner at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a shipment of salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Tillman Lamax at Goodman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for permission to hire an agent to assist him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. N. Martin at Houston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, recommending his brother H. K. Martin to be a salt agent for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Moses Jordan at West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for Pettus' help in obtaining cotton and wool cards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from state representative for Winston County, Mississippi, William T. Lewis, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, informing on J. M. Gregory, who runs a distillery and is a Unionist.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to South Carolina Governor Milledge L. Bonham, trying to gather support for having the Southern states guarantee bonds that would be used to build warships.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at the Brookhaven, Mississippi Camp of Instruction, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that "Mr. Cato" be exempted from militia duty as he is a mail carrier.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from a Lieutenant in Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry, J. B. Purnell at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking authority to raise a company of cavalry for state service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel of the State Troops, John C. Humphreys at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning an exemption for "Mr. Ryan."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. L. J. Chambers at Hillsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have her son in the 27th Mississippi Infantry detailed back to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John C. Humphreys at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing Confederate Captain Benjamin Humphreys, formerly of the 16th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joel E. Welborn at Ellisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a position as quartermaster or commissary in the state troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. Worster at Aberdeen, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' help in getting a teaching or tutoring position.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. R. Bisland, seeking the aid of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to get the back pay due to his son, Levins M. Bisland, 11th Mississippi Infantry, who was killed at the First Battle of Manassas, Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. McFarland at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need to obstruct the Yazoo Pass to United States Navy boats.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Dyer at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing James Morris, who wishes to make spirits for the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. Harrison at Columbus, Mississippi, asking G. C. Rives to inform the Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of the efforts by Harrison to raise a cavalry regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George Torrey at Fayette, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing E. G. Wood, who was seeking to be exempted from the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General John C. Pemberton, requesting six hundred enslaved people to work on the fortifications at Columbus, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General John C. Pemberton, requesting six hundred enslaved people to work on the fortifications at Columbus, Mississippi.