From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. E. Jolley to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, addressing a letter he sent on June 9, 1871 concerning an incident where a county sheriff would not receive a prisoner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Finis H. Little to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing in response to his telegraph sent to Sheriff Anderson concerning prisoners Moore and Gewin. Little also states that he believes that Moore will be acquitted and would not try to escape.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Incomplete letter to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, addressing accusations made against him and stating that these allegations are "wholly unjust and untrue".

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. Stanley to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn of the assault on Representative Coggeshall, who had been approached by three men from Oakland, Mississippi, and subsequently shot. Stanley also reports that the assailants had been allowed by a justice of the peace to escape. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Stanley's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas J. Norton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting assistance in getting a pardon from the Governor of Indiana, Conrad Baker. Norton has been in the Indiana penitentiary since 1865, his sentence having been extended after his recapture following his escape in 1867.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from Simon Jones to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving a description of the crimes that Charles Moore, aka F. Mooney, is charged with from Hinds County, Mississippi. Jones states that Charles Moore is being held in Woodville, Mississippi, by the sheriff there. On the back of this document Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn wrote a brief memo for the extradition of Charles Moore, ordering the sheriff of Wilkinson County, Mississippi to turn over Moore to the sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. A. Manning to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, halting the payment of $5000.00 reward money for the capture of Tom and Berry Cartwright to Deputy Sheriff George Hunt. The letter states that it was not Hunt who apprehended the Cartwrights. Allegedly W. T. Botcler made the arrest of Berry Cartwright, and Tom Cartwright was in captivity but Hunt allowed him to escape.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. B. Davis to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending Alcorn a copy of an indictment from the Grand Jury of Grenada County, Mississippi, against Adolphus Ruoff and Kate Ruoff for the crime of larceny. Davis informs Alcorn that Kate Ruoff is out on bond and Adolphus escaped to Kent County, Michigan, and has been arrested in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is requesting that Alcorn make a request for the return of Adolphus Ruoff.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Anderson Rutland to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recounting the events of how he was first imprisoned during the Civil War for horse theft and how he came to be released, only to be rearrested. He is asking Alcorn to review his case to see if his second arrest was legal in hopes that Alcorn would order his release.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. F. Tucker to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving Alcorn his thoughts on why the assassins of Taylor Hill have not been arrested.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. A. Orr to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that James Murdoch murdered Evans Rogers near Shuqualak, Mississippi, and had also escaped. The letter goes on to give a physical description of Murdoch, stating that he is fond of whiskey and opium, and gives his demeanor while under the influence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John Gillis to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a pardon for Anderson Rutland, who has spent nearly three years in the penitentiary. The request is made due to the indigency of him and his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from S. M. Meek to Judge Jehu Amaziah Orr, with statements concerning the assassination of Taylor Hill, esq.,. Other statements are included written by Barry Matthews and W. W. Humphries.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legislative document from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to the Senate and the House of Representatives, addressing the legislature with instructions for setting up the State's Judicial Districts and courts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Two letters and a sworn statement from C. M. Thomas, W. A. M. Hemy, and A. J. Shipman to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning an escapee from the jail of Noxubee County, Mississippi. Thomas writes to say that he had investigated the incident which was first reported as having been an abduction of a prisoner with the "help" of the guards on duty by masked men; however Thomas says that this was false and the prisoner escaped from the jail by jumping out of a window. Additional correspondance details the other accounts of the incident.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from M. B. McMicken at Canton, Mississippi, to P. B. Starke, giving Starke details of the case of Robert Brown, an African American man incarcerated in the Mississippi State Penitentiary, who was accused of murder and defended by McMicken and Henry S. Foote. McMicken is requesting a pardon to be given to Robert Brown.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. S. Belcher at Indianapolis, Indiana, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking why his request had not been answered. This may be in reference to an extradition request that was made by Belcher.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from William Morest at Grenada, Mississippi, to L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, stating what part of the state he is working in. He also states that the officials from several counties are cooperating with him in his investigation into the assassination of W. F. Brantley, mayor of Winona, Mississippi, and his tracking of fugitives who have escaped from jail in those counties. He recounts his conversation with Brantley's widow. Morest further explains his intentions to carry out the investigation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John Butts to R. J. Matthews, explaining that one of his bags had been stolen in Vicksburg, Mississippi, from the porter, and that part of the contents of his bag were found in the possession of John Thomas, who had been convicted of receiving stolen goods. Butts believes that Thomas has made amends for his part in the crime and deserves to be released. Butts also states that he had promised Thomas last year that he would do all that he could to help him but had not had an opportunity to do so.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, describing the account of the assassination of former Confederate general W. F. Brantley on November 2, 1870, and what actions will be taken to locate his killers. Hall also asks for Alcorn's advice about securing a detail of United States Army soldiers to assist in the search.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from F. M. James, the sheriff of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark concerning one of his prisoners who was forcibly taken by Confederate soldiers.