From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Various papers concerning the exchange of cotton for salt. Moved to Box 25880.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Rocky Ford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the release of C. C. Hargrove from the Mississippi Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Hardy in Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the destitution of the families of Confederate volunteer soldiers and the need for the state of Mississippi to aid them.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard T. Archer in Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, encouraging the state to look for salt on his land.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. S. Catching to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a plan to obstruct the East Pearl River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. H. Napier at Eucutta, Mississippi, to Colonel George S. Gaines, concerning exemptions from the military for slaveholders with 20 or more enslaved persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Morris Emanuel, president of the Southern Railroad Company of Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that one car daily will be used to haul salt for families.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Major Mayo, concerning the need to feed and care for 800 returned prisoners.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. L. Blythe, Major of the 5th battalion of Mississippi State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, enclosing a letter from Captain Bowen. (2nd letter not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. M. Fortinberry of the militia at Monticello, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of the poor conditions for families in Lawrence County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. M. L. Davis, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing Miss Julia Wooster, who is seeking a position as a teacher.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James T. Bennett in Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking the appointment as Chief of Ordnance for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Magee at the British Consulate in Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning British citizens who have been forced into the Mississippi Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. O. Stevens at the foundry in Jackson, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of the cost of torpedoes made of boiler iron.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Gladney in Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his plan to organize a trade company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the President of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad H. J. Ranney, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning seizure of the railroad by the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George S. Gaines at State Line, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, enclosing a letter from P. H. Napier concerning the exemption from the Confederate military of slaveholders with 20 or more enslaved persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Major General Martin L. Smith in Vicksburg, Mississippi, concerning the transportation of salt on the Southern Railroad of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. Stewart in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking transportation for his goods on the Southern Railroad of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the F. H. Hatch at the Tax Collector's Office, Division of Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the export of 49 bales of cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. H. Hatch in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing Dr. Henry Perkins, a sugar planter who may have access to salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the F. H. Hatch at the Collections Office, District of Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, enclosing a copy of a letter from the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from David Johnson in Saltillo, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking discharge from the Confederate Army, as he was elected Justice of the Peace for Itawamba County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Cook and Brother in Athens, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the location of guns purchased by the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Cobb and Manlove in Vicksburg, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that his salt has arrived.