From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Rankin County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of George Rhodes, who was convicted of altering the mark of a hog. The pardon is included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Colfax County, Mississippi, now Clay County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Silas Murrah, who was convicted of unlawfully working an animal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Woodruff to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, urging Ames to veto funding a bill for the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from the citizens of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to leave the murder case of Morgan and Hilliard to the courts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, advising Ames of the political situation in Lee County, Mississippi. (mdah_803-989-04-08 is a follow-up to this letter).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the shooting death of F. P. Hilliard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from C. P. Huntington to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to intercede on behalf of Judge Shackelford in his impeachment proceedings. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of Huntington's petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Extradition Request from Ohio Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for William Gilmer wanted for obtaining goods under false pretenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from state of Alabama to state of Mississippi, containing a copy of Grand Jury indictment against Henry B. Whitfield charged with fraud against John A. Winston.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from James K. Mulkey to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to be appointed as a United States Steamboat Detective and offers to work without salary by financing the position with government levied fines. Mulkey explains that the ongoing negligence from steamboat workers and corruption from the inspectors is the reason for many of the steamboat disasters. He believes this can be remedied by taking up this position.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Message from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to the Mississippi State Senate and House of Representatives, recommending changes to an Act approved on February 13, 1867, concerning the Mississippi Yazoo-Delta levee commissioners and the collection of taxes by said commissioners and the respective county sheriffs.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Pollan in Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his efforts to organize a Union League militia in Choctaw County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, to Major General Henry W. Slocum, concerning a legal case in Warren County, Mississippi, in which a plantation owner sued to regain his leased property. A Colonel Thomas allegedly arrested one of the justices of the peace who tried the case after judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. Sharkey regards Thomas's actions as unbecoming, and he asks Slocum to "furnish the [Warren County] sheriff with sufficient military force" to execute the court's judgment. Also included is a hand-transcribed copy of Sharkey's letter to Slocum (possibly transcribed by a member of either Sharkey or Slocum's staff).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Ira McDowell at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Colonel Otto Funke, commander of the United States Army post at Grenada, Mississippi. In his letter, dated June 22, 1865, McDowell warns Funke that secessionist men are attempting to take power by seeking appointments to vacant offices in the local government of Choctaw County, Mississippi. McDowell asks Funke to telegraph Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey about this matter, as Funke believes that said men are on their way to Jackson, Mississippi, to present a petition for appointments to Sharkey. Attached is a note from Colonel Funke to Sharkey, dated June 23, 1865, in which Funke refers McDowell's letter to the governor with the request that Sharkey consult "the large number of Union men" in Choctaw County about the appointment of civil officers.

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 M. S. Day, United States Treasury Agent at Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his duties in collecting cotton that belonged to the Confederate government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. S. Buck at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his client, R. B. Scott, who sued in civil court to get back his plantation that had been leased by the United States Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from C. M. Vaiden at Vaiden, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, complaining about a United States Treasury Department agent who is allegedly attempting to steal his cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Pollan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning his efforts to organize a pro-Union militia in Choctaw County, Mississippi. (Including rosters of all the militia in Choctaw County)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain Theo F. Wilson, commanding the post of Panola, Mississippi, concerning the arrest of D. M. Jones, who claimed to be an agent purchasing supplies for the lunatic asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain John T. Shaaff, Chief Commissary Officer at Morton, Mississippi, to W. E. Moore concerning charges against Captain John S. Kennedy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Secretary of War James A. Seddon at the War Department in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning an attempt to capture some United States Navy gunboats.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. W. Land at Rocky Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the request for exemption from militia duty of James Craft, a tanner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. West, Quartermaster for the state of Mississippi at Durant, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning Tileman Lamose, who is impressing wagons and teams without authority.