From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Daniel M. Thomson in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Pettus recommend him for the position of State Marshall.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from David Walker to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus forwarding resolutions passed by the state of Arkansas. (Resolutions not included)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jacob Thompson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the secession of Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secession Commissioner George R. Fall to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus briefing Pettus on what he witnessed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George R. Fall in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing Pettus of the status of the vote in Arkansas for a secession convention.