From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. R. Lemman, the superintendent of the Confederate Nitre and Mining Bureau for District No. 11, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for an exemption for professor Eugene Hilgard, the Mississippi State Geologist.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Receipt from Eugene W. Hilgard to R. E. Doyle showing that he purchased salt for his laboratory at the geological survey of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the "Mississippi Scouts" to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking him to order the company back to Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to have doctor J. E. Lewis exempted from duty with the state militia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Brandon County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Colonel Joseph Bennet for the position of Quartermaster General of the state.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Adams County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting rifled cannon for protection from United States Navy gunboats.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Calhoun County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Hiram Horton to command a company of Partisan Rangers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the ladies of Harrison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for assistance from the state.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated letter offering advice on how to obstruct the Mississippi River to United States Navy gunboats.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated letter from the members of the bar of Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending James M. Dyer for Circuit Court Judge.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from an anonymous North Carolinian to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, urging Pettus to send Confederate soldiers to Virginia to protect the state from United States Army invasion.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Wiley Wharton, Assistant Postmaster at Meadville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for guidance since the state had left the Union.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mr. Wesson estimating the cost of manufacturing clothes.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. S. Gibson, President of the Board of Police of Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a commission for Thomas L. Lewis for Justice of the Peace.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. F. Smith at Hardees Station, Mississippi, in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting an exemption from militia service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. J. Peel and the citizens of Marshall County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him the "Mississippi Stars" have disbanded and been reformed as the "Chulahoma Cavalry."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. B. Crow, President of the Board of Police of Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the drafting of men into the militia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Smith in Monroe County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that his son Byron be exempted from the draft as he was medically unfit for service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. R. Bennett, former officer of the 6th Mississippi Infantry, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus applying for the position of Chief of Ordnance.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Newman to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Michale Harrison of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry A. Garvey in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to trade war material for cotton.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George Kastner, who was arrested for suspected disloyalty, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that he be given a trial.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Emily T. Stafford, who is seeking a job in Jackson, Mississippi, making cartridges for the state.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Carnot Posey to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering the services of the Wilkinson Rifles to the state of Mississippi. (16th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Benjamin King to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the prosecution of Miles S. Swilley for forgery.