From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from United States President Andrew Johnson at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the organization of a state militia. Johnson states that the militia is a necessity for restoring the country to order.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from J. C. Gray at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning an application for release of a road and ferry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Iuka, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that George P. Hammerly be appointed as town postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Newport, Rhode Island, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, giving thanks for a letter of support that Sharkey sent to the federal government. (Author's signature is illegible).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Yerger at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, relating what he remembers of United States President Andrew Johnson's remarks concerning organizing a state militia. (This letter is a response to mdah_771-956-06-02).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Merrill, Superintendent for the Mississippi State Institution for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving a statement on the condition of the facility, which is in need of furniture and funding.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. M. Hankins at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, writing about his petition for a pardon, to which Sharkey had not yet responded.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. M. Conner of Noxubee County, Mississippi, at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, at Jackson, Mississippi, asking if the tax on cotton should be collected before it is taken to market.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. B. Mayes in Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending S. T. Pierce, a wounded veteran, for postmaster of Yazoo City, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, to William Yerger, concerning United States President Andrew Johnson's remarks on calling out and organizing the state militia. (Yerger's response to this letter is mdah_771-956-06-03).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson at Washington, District of Columbia, explaining that his order to form a county militia was challenged by United States Army General Henry Slocum. (Letter is related to mdah_771-956-07-11).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Levi Roberts, tax assessor of Marshall County, Mississippi, at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking for instructions on collecting the state tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, recommending that E. W. Hilgard be allowed to continue leading the Mississippi State Geological Survey in addition to his duties as a professor upon the reopening of the University of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John T. Allison at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking if his cotton that was raised in Alabama must be taxed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. M. Smith, an attorney at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning a legal case involving a white person who alleged that a freedman stole his mule.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Hubard Steadman at Winona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking questions about raising a militia company in Montgomery County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Henry Howard Burgess at South Orange, New Jersey, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking to be reappointed as commissioner of deeds, a position to which former Mississippi Governor WIlliam McWillie had appointed him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Eugene W. Hilgard, the state geologist of Mississippi, at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the publication of his report on the geology of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from C. A. Sullivan at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the disposition of a request for pardon he sent to Sharkey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Asa W. Parker at Brooklyn, New York, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, wanting to know if he is authorized to act as commissioner of deeds for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. G. Mayers to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that there was a mistake on the paperwork of Mayers's appointment as tax assessor and that he had been appointed to the wrong district.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from R. C. Webb in Lafayette County, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson, asking for a pardon and enclosing a letter from R. C. Webb's brother to Johnson, advocating on his behalf. The enclosed letter from William H. Webb at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Johnson, dated September 16, 1865, endorses R. C. Webb's petition and speaks to his loyalty.