From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Samuel Watson at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Professor Edward T. Fristoe for a chair at the University of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James F. Mister at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a position on the Governor's personal staff.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from University of Mississippi Chancellor Frederick A. P. Barnard in Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for advice on keeping University of Mississippi students from enlisting.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William L. Towner Nashville, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a commission in the Army of Mississippi. (Company E, 6th Mississippi Infantry)
