From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Statement from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus the right of the state to exchange cotton for salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Preston, Mississippi, calling for the Legislature to draft every man in the state between sixteen and sixty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from Israel W. Pickens to Mississippi State Treasurer M. D. Haynes seeking to have enslaved people, who are working for the railroad, returned to him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking the discharge of Christopher C. Hargrove (3rd Mississippi Infantry, State Troops).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Russum at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning two Hughes breechloading cannon he purchased and wants to crew them for use against the United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Buckley at Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if the government will sell salt to civilians.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governro Pettus Collection. Letter from W. M. Hancock at Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending E. J. Goode for an appointment as Judge on the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Cothran at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining about men leaving the county in the face of an expected United States Army invasion of the area.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the members of the Board of Police of Lawrence County, Misissippi at Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending E. J. Goode for judge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. Ward at Coffeeville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus forwarding a petition from citizens of Yalobusha County, Mississippi. (Petition not present)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. W. Winston at Jonesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to be exempt from military duty to help take care of local plantations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sheriff William Stamps to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if an order to put off collection of taxes is to be obeyed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Jones, Sheriff of Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking what to do with his prisoners as the county has no working court system.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Yoe at Gholson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if he has to attend militia drill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. W. Memminger at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the requirements for a proper furlough.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M[orris] Emanuel at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting additional rolling stock for the Southern Railroad of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to G[eorge] W. Randolph, the Confederate Secretary of War, outlining why Mississippi state troops should not be drafted into Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the men of a Mississippi unit, possibly Stanford's Mississippi Battery, at Tullahoma, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning elections in the unit.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mattie Clayton Woodfin at Crawfordsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that the Governor order a three day fast to obtain God's help for a victory.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at the Camp of Instruction at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking aid in collecting conscripts for the State Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. M. Phillips, Secretary of the Ladies Soldiers Aid Society, at Middleton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning socks knit by the group.

From the Mississippi Department of Archvies and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry Caire, a lieutenant in the Hancock County Militia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the transfer of militia to Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Govenor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edward P. Jones, a member of the Legislature at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a bill to draft men between sixteen and sixty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Lum, a paroled prisoner at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if he can go home to work at his trade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Johns of the Confederate Medical Purveyor's Office at Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning fulfillment of contracts for stimulants.