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Letter from officers of the "Bolivar Troop" to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 31, 1861

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from officers of the "Bolivar Troop" (Company H, 1st Mississippi Cavalry) to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus stating their assistance had been requested in Arkansas.

List; Undated

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of Mississippians exempted from the amnesty proclamation of May 1865 but who were granted special presidential pardon.

Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 19, 1874

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of B. D. McGowan who was convicted of aiding the escape of a convict.

Letter from Alex Yerger to Mississippi Governor John M. Stone; July 26, 1876

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Stone Collection. Letter from Alex Yerger to Mississippi Governor John M. Stone, pertaining to the appointment of Lafayette Jones as Justice of the Peace in Bolivar County, Mississippi.

Letter from A. M. Trotter to James Hill; May 17, 1876

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Stone Collection. Letter from A. M. Trotter in Lamar, Mississippi, to James Hill, requesting an appointment as Republican registrar of Benton County, Mississippi. Attached is a petition from local citizens.