From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from R. F. Verst, justice of the peace, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending George W. Riddell to the office of constable of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Verst's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter and petition from John W. Fenell to R. E. Leachman, in favor of William Steyrs for an unspecified office to protect the peace of the town which has been attacked by armed men from Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from William S. Patton, including several items stuck together from Lauderdale County, Mississippi, concerning the deposition of W. S. Patton and his statement of how he came to find the bodies of several men of color who had been murdered.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Albert Snowden to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the Meridian Riot and Board of Aldermen. Snowden notes that there is racial tension.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. M. Wesson, owner of the Mississippi Manufacturing Company at Bankston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking Clark for protection from Confederate Army deserters who are allegedly raiding the county. Wesson states that the company the governor ordered to Bankston never arrived, and a company ordered by Colonel McCullough has left.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Colonel A. B. Lyons, commanding the post of Yazoo City, Mississippi, asking how he can procure African American workers as their owners resist impressment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. Taylor in Williamsburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that a fine against John P. Foxworth, Thomas B. Johnson, and Jesse C. Mott be remitted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mark Joseph of Vernon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames detailing the "Vernon Democratic Club's" attack of local African Americans and calling for state protection of African Americans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Assistant Adjutant General E. D. Townsend at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, with an application attached concerning requested information on legal cases involving both civilians and military.