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Letter from L. S. Moore to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; March 30, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from L. S. Moore at Paris, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, appealing to the Governor for assistance in procuring a reward for his role in the arrest of murder suspect Samuel C. Wilson in Memphis, Tennessee.

Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 11, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips of the Mississippi State Penitentiary to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting review and signature on military convict accounts.

Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 3, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from citizens of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting pardon of Mac, James, Phillip, and Abram Phillips from incarceration in the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi. The petition is endorsed by George F. Brown.

Telegram from Captain J. M. Archer; Undated

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Militia Captain J. M. Archer requesting permission to muster men into state service.

Incomplete telegram to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 22, 1864

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete telegram from Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning the formation of a provost unit at Canton.

Telegram from H. H. Saunders to Colonel W. H. McCardle; September 27, 1864

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from H. H. Saunders at West Point, Mississippi, to Confederate Colonel W. H. McCardle at Macon, Mississippi, asking if McCardle enclosed General Orders Number 36 in his letter to Captain Griffin. If not, Saunders asks McCardle to send it by express.

Letter from Sheriff F. M. James to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 10, 1864

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from F. M. James, the sheriff of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark concerning one of his prisoners who was forcibly taken by Confederate soldiers.

Letter from discharged soldier to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 3, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from a discharged soldier to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing on Robert L. Bates, who is avoiding the draft.

Letter from David M. Fulton to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; April 25, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mayor David M. Fulton at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the order that cotton be removed from the city.

Letter from Franklin Smith to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; April 29, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Franklin Smith at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking authority to raise a guerrilla or partisan regiment.

Letter from H. S. Dabney to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; April 28, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. S. Dabney at Raymond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus calling on the Governor to declare martial law.

Letter from Alfred Ingraham to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; May 5, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter Alfred Ingraham in Port Gibson, Mississippi, concerning a voucher for lead pigs sent to Jackson, Mississippi.

Letter from David Harrison to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; May 5, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Fayette, Mississippi, concerning the need to keep some white men on local plantations.

Letter from Mayor J. B. Greaves to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; May 2, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mayor J. B. Greaves of Clinton, Mississippi, recommending that Confederate Captain J. W. Welborn be named Provost Marshal.

Letter from O. Metcalfe to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; May 1, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Natchez, Mississippi, concerning bank note paper being shipped to Jackson, Mississippi, for use in making state cotton notes.

Letter from D. C. Graham to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; May 20, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. C. Graham at Meadville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the declaration of martial law in Franklin County, Mississippi.

Letter from John C. Casey to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 29, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John C. Casey in Caseyville, Mississippi requesting the position of Provost Marshal for Copiah County, Mississippi.

Letter from Provost Marshal Howell Hinds to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 5, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Provost Marshal Howell Hinds in Fayette, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a man placed in jail for making pro-Union statements.

Letter from F. H. Sleeper to Mr. Gibson; June 22, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. H. Sleeper at Liberty, Mississippi, to Mr. Gibson requesting that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus appoint a military commander and provost for Pike County, Mississippi.

Letter from Lewis Pipes to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 22, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lewis Pipes at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need to conscript more men into the Confederate Army.

Letter from Thomas E. Adams to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 23, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas E. Adams at Summit, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning movement of arms and ammunition and forwarding letter of F. H. Sleeper.

Letter from A. K. Farrar to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 17, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. K. Farrar at the Provost Marshal's Office in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for the authority to keep local plantation overseers from being called to military service unless an emergency arises. Farrar wishes to retain the overseers so they can continue to patrol and police enslaved African Americans in the area around the city. He also asks for Pettus's instructions on "the manner of proceedings" against slaveholders who refuse to employ overseers or to feed or clothe the enslaved persons they hold.

Letter from G. R. Fall to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 11, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. R. Fall in Washington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the necessity of using guerrillas against the United States Navy gunboats on the Mississippi River.

Petition to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 7, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Meadville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that no more men be conscripted from Franklin County, Mississippi.

Letter from James M. Seales to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 26, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James M. Seales at Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a petition to be forwarded to Confederate General Earl Van Dorn.