From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from W. R. Rison at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, informing Sharkey that he has a license from the Treasury Department to do mercantile business, and asking if the military has the right to collect taxes form him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from Probate Judge Stephen A. Brown of Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking if he should proceed in administering the amnesty oath, and if so, who are entitled to it.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Probate Judge John A. Hancock of DeSoto County Mississippi, at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking who can administer the amnesty oath to voters of DeSoto County.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from J. J. Shannon at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, informing Sharkey that oaths would be printed at once.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that a local justice of the peace be permitted to hold municipal elections to fill all the vacant offices.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Hemingway to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing the application of Mr. G. A. Wells for postmaster in Carrollton, Mississippi. Hemingway endorses Wells for postmaster, speaks to Wells's loyalty as a Unionist, criticizes the incumbent postmaster as "lazy" and a secessionist, and asks Sharkey to recommend Wells to the United States Postmaster General. In postscript, Wells says that the prospect of a free Constitution is "brightening" but that it is "too early to predict the result". Enclosed is a letter from G. A. Wells to Postmaster General William Dennison asking for an appointment as postmaster of Carrollton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Two letters from Edward Hazlewood at London, England, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning outstanding debts owed by the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William G. Williams at Rodney, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to have the court records of Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Franklin County, and Amite County, Mississippi, returned. Williams states that the records were removed to Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. Newton Mercer at Newport, Rhode Island, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Vicksburg, Mississippi, asking for help in proving he was loyal to the United States during the Civil War. Mercer had refused to take the allegiance oath under General Butler for fear of his estate being seized or destroyed, but had otherwise remained loyal to the United States. He asks to have his name as an enemy of the country cleared before he dies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. McBride at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, introducing Captain John D. Hart, who is seeking a pardon from United States President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas N. Davis at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning a petition to have him removed as judge of the probate court of Choctaw County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from T. G. Birchett at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to be appointed a physician or a surgeon at the United States Marine Hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from S. S. Boyd at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to help Major Chotard reclaim his plantation in Issaquena County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from S. S. Boyd at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to help Mrs. Eustis reclaim her plantation in Issaquena County, Mississippi, which has been leased by the United States government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Robert M. Tindall at Waynesboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if he is eligible to be a member of the state Convention.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Rebecca Winston at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that her son, Tichenor Winston, be appointed to a government job to help support his family. Tichenor is a former soldier that has lost his employment and property since the Civil War's end.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. M. Neilson at Liberty, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing the governor about the local officials and citizens who have taken the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. Bullock at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if he, a probate judge, and other public officers of Adams County, Mississippi, are reappointed to their positions. Adams County was under military control, and Bullock claims this stopped their jobs from being properly executed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Nannie Denman in Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's advice on how to pay off prewar debts that she incurred through the purchase of land and forty enslaved African-American persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mayor T. J. Hunter of Raymond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending candidates for several open positions in the local government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Sampson Platt, provost marshal of Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing the oaths of amnesty and oaths of office that Platt administered. (Enclosed oaths not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lewis L. Fonville, tax assessor for Holmes County, at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if he should assess the taxes under the current tax laws.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Probate Court Judge Stephen A. Brown at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing a list of the amnesty oaths that he has administered. (Enclosed list not present). Brown also asks Sharkey whether assessors and collectors of Confederate tax and tax-in-kind are considered part of the exceptions mentioned in President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Richard Nelson, probate judge in Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the administration of the amnesty oath to local officials.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from former Mississippi Governor John J. McRae at Buckatunna, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if the state can provide him with transportation to Oxford, Mississippi, to attend the University of Mississippi Board of Trustees meeting. McRae also expresses his desire to make an application to President Andrew Johnson for pardon.