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List; January 1, 1870

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of appointments to office by Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for the year 1869.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Newspaper clipping listing Mississippi's state executive and judiciary officers for the year 1859. Included are salaries, terms of office, information on elections, terms of courts, and the times and places that courts are held. (On the obverse, the printed year 1859 is crossed out in two places and the year 1868 notated in pencil on the side).

Statement from J. E. Taliaferro to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 8, 1860

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Statement from J. E. Taliaferro in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving facts in the case of the murder of an enslaved person by Jasper Mooney.

Report from the Mississippi Lunatic Asylum to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 1, 1860

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Sixth annual report of the superintendent and physician of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum.

Letter from J. B. Fizer to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 11, 1861

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Fizer in Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a petition to pardon Boyd F. Bryant for the crime of assault on William R. Whitlow.

Letter from William B. Dickins to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 11, 1861

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William B. Dickins in Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a petition to pardon Boyd F. Bryant for the crime of assault and battery.

Letter from C. Beckerdite to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 23, 1863

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. Beckerdite at Waterford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus warning the northern counties will be defenseless if old men and boys are conscripted.

Letter from James Gray to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 10, 1863

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Gray, a soldier in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a 15 day furlough to take care of his family.

Letter from R. G. Garmon to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 10, 1863

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. G. Garmon, a soldier in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a transfer to the cavalry.

Letter from General J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 26, 1863

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General J. Z. George at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus submitting a report on the operations of his command in the last ten days.

Petition to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 30, 1863

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the Board of Police of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him of the men elected to be the county indigent commissioners.

Letter from M. Emanuel to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 24, 1865

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from E. Emanuel, president of the Southern Railroad of Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, writing on the future financial prospects of the line.

List; Undated

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. List of district and local enrolling officers on conscription duty in the state of Mississippi.

Letter from J. H. Pierce to Major William Atwood; February 14, 1870

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. H. Pierce at Panola, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, advising of the jail break with outside assistance of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, prisoners C. E. Mooney and W. J. Avant. Pierce asks that a reward of $1,000 be offered for the capture of Mooney, who is accused of murder.

Letter from A. S. Livermore to F. S. Blount; April 28, 1864

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. S. Livermore, superintendent of the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad at Grenada, Mississippi, to Chief Impressment Agent F. S. Blount at Mobile, Alabama, regarding Blount's plan to impress enslaved persons to work to repair the railroad. Livermore complains about twenty day terms of impressment and states that railroad work requires persons who understand the business. He suggests impressing persons from Yalobusha, Tallahatchie, and Panola counties, Mississippi, for terms of no less than three months.

Letter from F. S. Blount to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 7, 1864

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from F. S. Blount, Chief Agent of Impressment at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, addressing how long they can keep the enslaved persons impressed to work on the railroad.

Petition to Mississippi Charles Clark; February 3, 1865

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that a dispenser of spirituous liquors be appointed.

Statement from Thomas Buckley, Charles Wilkinson, James Garner, Seth Spears, P. A. Norwood, and H. Burgess; Undated

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Statement from jury members Thomas A. Buckley, Charles M. Wilkinson, James Garner, Seth H. Spears, P. A. Norwood, and Harry Burgess, testifying to facts regarding the alleged murder of Sam, an African-American boy, by Jasper Mooney in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Document is related to testimonial from J. E. Taliaferro in document mdah_757-930-07-22.

Letter from G. W. L. Davidson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 12, 1860

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. W. L. Davidson in Oakland, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the arrest of John Collins for murdering an Irishman named Twomey.

Letter from D. W. Duke to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 1, 1861

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. W. Duke at Charleston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting Pettus offer a reward for J. H. Hodnutt, who allegedly killed George R. Cook.

Letter from J. S. Bailey to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 25, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Bailey at Charleston, Mississippi, concerning the number of men available for militia duty in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.

Letter from J. S. Bailey to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 18, 1863

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Bailey at Charleston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Companies F and I of the 21st Mississippi Infantry be transferred to Mississippi from Virginia.

Letter from General J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1863

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General J. Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the impressment of horses for use by the state cavalry.

Letter from Thomas A. Cocke to President Andrew Johnson; September 28, 1865

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas A. Cocke at Charleston, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson, seeking to get back property taken by the United States Army during the Civil War.

Letter from G. W. Mellan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 1865

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from G. W. Mellan at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning a trip to Europe by a Doctor Samuel. In a postscript on the reverse dated September 22, 1865, Mellan writes that he has received a dispatch from Doctor Samuel stating that Samuel will leave for Europe around October 4, and that Samuel wishes Mellan to "hasten all letters to him."