From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Alexander M. Clayton in Marshall County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey asking for Governor Sharkey's aid in receiving a pardon from President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James Phelan in Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting approval of his application for pardon, and explaining his personal reasons for supporting secession and the Confederacy during the Civil War.