From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Hancock County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending individuals to the positions of judge of the probate court, clerk of the circuit and probate courts, sheriff, and tax collector and assessor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Mary Stewart, Annie M. Stewart, and several citizens of Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Mary and Annie Stewart's dry goods business be exempted from the business tax, as they lost most of their belongings during Van Dorn's raid in 1862.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Josiah Atkinson in Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived. Atkinson states that he has a "considerable" family to support, and has previously lost almost everything he owned to a house fire, and was kept from working manual labor because of a fractured leg.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from J. Campbell and H. M. Morris at Clarke County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to be pardoned for selling liquor without a license. The two men state that they have been selling liquor at less than a gallon, and could not gain a license due to there being no tribunal to authorize one to them, but they have applied to the County Board of Police for one. Several citizens of Clarke County endorse the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Two letters from J. P. Harrison at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey. In the first letter, dated August 10, 1865, Harrison asks Sharkey to write to President Andrew Johnson on his behalf. Enclosed is a second, printed letter dated August 8, 1865, in which Harrison gives notice that the firm of J. P. Harrison and Sons will resume their cotton factorage and commission business.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from citizens of Ripley, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that he recommend to Postmaster General William Dennison, that Charles P. Miller be named as local postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Hemingway at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending that Sam Coleburn be removed as tax assessor, alleging that Coleburn is often intoxicated and neglecting his duties.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. L. Abbott at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning a barrel of his whiskey that was confiscated by the government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Simeon Oliver, Sr., F. Labauve, and T. W. White to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Judge J. B. Morgan for the position of sheriff of DeSoto County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff O. Metcalfe of Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving a report on his collections of taxes in Adams County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff Lem Doty of Holmes County, Mississippi, at Goodman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the retail tax on dry good establishments that also sell liquor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff James L. Fletcher of Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the tax he has collected on local cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff James F. Gresham of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for official notice of the business tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff James C. Culbertson of DeSoto County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving an accounting of the monies he collected for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James C. Culbertson at Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey of his resignation as sheriff of DeSoto County, Mississippi, because of physical disability.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. F. Sample, sheriff and tax collector of Tunica County, Mississippi, at Austin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi. Sample explains that he has only collected nine dollars from the county because there is little real or personal property that can be taxed, and asks if cotton shipped before the date of the letter can be taxed or not. Sample's statement is sworn before and witnessed by Probate Judge J. C. Nelson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. McGarrah at Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived, as he is a disabled veteran and unable to pay it.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Needham Whitfield at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his pardon application to President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey to the unnamed sheriff of Winston County, Mississippi, authorizing the sheriff to remit the tax of Otho Naylor, and reduce the tax of Josiah Atkinson, who run a tavern and a grocery store respectively.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. G. Baptist, justice of the peace at West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the powers of United States Treasury agents.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John Lee Crawford at Bahala, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, resigning as justice of the peace for Copiah County, Mississippi, and recommending J. A. J. Crawford, a man in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, for the position.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John A. Hancock at Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that M. Lewis be appointed county surveyor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James Watts at Garlandville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the business tax on his inn be remitted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James Graves, an African American man at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to have the tax waived on his barbering business.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James E. Semple at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking the appointment of commissioner for Mississippi in the state of Tennessee. Semple was originally appointed by Mississippi Governor William McWillie and reappointed by Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus. The Civil War prevented another renewal to the position. Semple has taken the oath of allegiance, and did not participate in the war due to nearsightedness caused by a disease of his eyes.