From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Alabama Governor S. B. Moore in Montgomery, Alabama, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he is sending troops to Pensacola, Florida, and asking if Mississippi can help. He also says Alabama will secede this week.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William M. Brooks in Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing copy of the Alabama Secession Ordinance (not with the letter).