From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from D. S. Satter and F. D. Meridith to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing him of their objections to the appointment of G. M. Cooksey to the office of County Treasurer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Off Collins and Scott Parken to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, attesting to the forgery of his and other colored men's names on a petition to remove A. Taylor as the deputy sheriff of Wayne County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. W. Clapp in the Office of Produce Loan in Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning alleged criminal offenses committed by J. A. Sample while acting as an agent of the Confederate government. Clapp notes that Sample is now living in Alabama. Clapp asks Clark to make a requisition on the governor of Alabama to have Sample extradited to Mississippi for trial on charges of forgery and fraud.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Edward Hazlewood in London, England, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning a bond issue that the state of Mississippi refuses to honor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Benjamin King to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the prosecution of Miles S. Swilley for forgery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Benjamin King in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus explaining his work as prosecutor in the case against W. S. Swilley for forgery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. S. McMillen in Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a pardon for Wiley S. Swilley who was just convicted for forgery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Correspondence between Theophilus Gaines in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Ohio Governor William Dennison sent to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus regarding a request of extradition for P. N. Lishawa who fled Ohio and took refuge in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. M. Gonnell in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus regarding the extradition of Daniel K. Boswell to Tennessee for forgery and enclosing related papers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Benjamin King in Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting clemency for a man named Swilley.