From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from several citizens of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning outrages allegedly commited by United States Colored Troops stationed in their community.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Amie Fort and Bessie Harris at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if Sharkey can forward a memorial from "ladies of Columbus" to President Andrew Johnson, asking that former Confederate President Jefferson Davis and former Mississippi Governor Charles Clark be pardoned.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from officers of the minute men of Madison, Rankin, and Copiah Counties, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining of being ordered to a sickly area.