From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from R. A. Hill writing to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn on behalf of Rev. D. McGlachlan who is asking for state authorities to address the "outrages" against him by the Ku Klux.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. M. Patrick to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing the Governor that he believes that his life is in danger and that of his family due to his position against the Ku Klux Klan in his area. He also explains that he has some friends who are helping to protect him, but still fear the number of Ku Klux Klan outnumber his protection, he is asking for the Governor to look into his situation with regard to arresting the members of the Klan.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. Mask and O. Davis to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, reporting on the prosecution of several men charged with violations of the Ku Klux Klan Laws.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. Devi to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking Alcorn to send United States Army troops to Lee County, Mississippi, to help with a rash of crimes against African Americans in the county. Devi notes that parties have burned a Black church to the ground, shot another man at his own home, and whipped several other people, yet the local authorities have done nothing to help out of fear.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff Jas. M. Burton of Lee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that a person or persons burned a Black Methodist Church in Lee County, and that a party of armed men also subsequently murdered an African American man named Gilbert Fields.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from several citizens of Poplar Creek, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning abuses allegedly committed in Choctaw County, Mississippi, by a Lieutenant Brock's cavalry. The citizens attest that Brock and his men are torturing civilians. (mdah_768-949-01-17 is a response to this document).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. K. Farrar at the Provost Marshal's Office in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for the authority to keep local plantation overseers from being called to military service unless an emergency arises. Farrar wishes to retain the overseers so they can continue to patrol and police enslaved African Americans in the area around the city. He also asks for Pettus's instructions on "the manner of proceedings" against slaveholders who refuse to employ overseers or to feed or clothe the enslaved persons they hold.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John A. Winston at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus recounting news of his travels.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff C. E. Morgan of Washington County, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, expressing his regret that he is unable to travel due to an ongoing murder case in which there is great public interest. Morgan comments that the county jail is insecure and thus caution and diligence are necessary to prevent the escape of the accused and to prevent the public from lynching the accused.