From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from M. F. Ames at Vaiden, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the collection of cotton sold for Confederate bonds or money.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed letter from Major General Peter J. Osterhaus at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, detailing instructions for processing cotton claims.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed circular No. 13 from Major General O. O. Howard, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, concerning policy toward confiscated and abandoned lands.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Okolona, Mississippi, to United States Postmaster General William Dennison, recommending N. B. Williams to be local postmaster if the post office is reestablished at their town.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the business tax on N. J. Wilkerson be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from John Ohleyer at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his shoemaking business be waived. Ohleyer's petition is sworn before and witnessed by Terrence McGowan, a justice of the peace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from C. Macon Thompson of Lafayette County, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson, asking for pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Two letters from Sheriff O. Metcalfe of Adams County, Mississippi, at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey. In the first letter, dated July 28, 1865, Metcalfe asks if any tax relief can be offered to the impoverished people of Adams County. On the reverse, Metcalfe pens a second letter, dated July 29, 1865, asking if he is correctly collecting taxes from merchants who sell liquors and groceries.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, the general salt agent for the state at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the sale of the mules, wagons, and harnesses used by the agency.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. H. Vasser in Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, endorsing Silas F. Kendrick as sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi, in light of a petition to have him removed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. C. Williams at Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the status of a legal claim against his friend, Charles D. Hamilton, made before the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from V. Wood at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his application for clerk of the circuit court of Adams County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from T. A. Mellon, former colonel of the 3rd Mississippi Infantry, at Hickory, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if he is eligible to hold a seat at the upcoming Mississippi Constitutional Convention.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. J. Taylor of Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking some questions in regard to actions of the circuit and probate courts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff O. Metcalfe of Adams County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, with questions concerning the state business tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff B. F. Brown of Simpson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking questions about the tax on cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Samuel H. Lockett at Marion, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, applying for a job as professor at the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sam Boyd at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Judge William Burnet for a government job.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from S. M. Lowenberg at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his small business be waived, as he has a large family to provide for.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Richard Cooper at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending A. G. Mayers for the position of tax assessor, a position left vacant after the death of Major T. P. Ware.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. Shields at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his grocery store be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. S. Buck at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his client, R. B. Scott, who sued in civil court to get back his plantation that had been leased by the United States Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. Bullock at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending John B. Dicks as treasurer for Adams County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lock E. Houston at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, vouching for the loyalty of Silas F. Kendrick, the sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Probate Judge Thomas H. Davis of Monroe County, Mississippi, at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his administering the amnesty oath to Silas F. Kendrick, the sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi.