From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff Robert Meeks of Jasper County, Mississippi, to H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, describing the case of Lucy McCormick, a young African American girl who had been shot in Jasper County. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Meeks's letter.

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. Several tax receipts concerning Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, and a letter from D. H. Alcorn concerning a murder which took place on the Pettit and Cooper plantation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. A. Metts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, updating him on the number of felonies which have been committed in Winston County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Incomplete letter from an unknown person to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the article that appeared in the Mississippi Pilot concerning the reward offered for the capture of George Jones, who is wanted on suspicion of murder.

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 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. 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. 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 A. Hunt to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting help in the matter of his brothers murder. Hunt claims that he has spent all of his money trying to get justice and feels as if he has not received justice yet and asks the Governor to look into the situation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. S. Dowd to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing to Alcorn to give him his interpretation of the character of Jesse Fagan, and asking for a pardon for Fagan.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from M. H. B. Lane to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning an incident involving a Mr. Taylor, who is at odds with some of the county officials. After informing Alcorn of Mr. Taylor's use of vulgar language and his being in debt owing monies to the County, Mr. Lane asks Alcorn not to remove any county officials due to the request of Mr. Taylor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas McCarren and Geo. B. McNamara to R. J. Mathews. A reply written to Mathews concerning the case of William Hanlan (also known as Michael Hanlan). The letter states that Hanlan and the man whom he was charged with shooting served in the same military unit stationed in Columbus, Mississippi, in August of 1867. Both men were drunk from liquor and got into a quarrel. Hanlan went to his tent to get his rifle and shot Beau, another man, and was then turned over to local authorities in Columbus.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from James R. Chalmers at Austin, Mississippi, to R. J. Mathews, recounting details of the Isaac Franklin case and that he thought for what Franklin was sentenced his going to the Mississippi State Penitentiary was a hardship.

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 Alcorn Collection. Arrest warrant from A. W. McCormick, justice of the peace in Mobile County, Alabama, calling for the arrest of Columbus Robinson in the case of the murder of George Lott. (This document is the enclosed warrant mentioned in mdah_786-971-06-10).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from J. J. Gainey to L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, describing how he got a young Mr. Woods to confess to being a member of "the three K's" and to being involved in shooting up a widow's home, and the murder of another African American man during said incident. Gainey states that he is enclosing affidavits of witnesses to the confession. (Enclosed affidavits not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel D. C. Glenn in Halifax County, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, announcing his resignation from the Army of Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lock E. Houston at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to James Harrison, enclosing the affidavit of N. Oswell concerned with the alleged murder of W. Rucker by William L. Stricklin. Oswell's affidavit, dated September 5, 1864, is sworn before and witnessed by justice of the peace T. C. Brown.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi Salt Works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the efforts of government officials to impress his enslaved labor force.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Unsigned letter from a Confederate Brigadier General (possibly Wirt Adams) at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning the execution of alleged Confederate Army deserters and alleged thieves and "outlaws" in Yazoo County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel William N. Brown of the 20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on his regiment's raid into Jones County, Mississippi, to hunt alleged Confederate deserters, as well as the need for cotton and wool cards for the citizens. (Brown states that he is enclosing a horse comb made by the struggling widow of a Confederate soldier. Enclosed item not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff E. M. Devall at Ellisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, explaining that taxes in Jones County, Mississippi, have not been collected because of alleged threats from Confederate Army deserters who are operating as anti-Confederate guerrillas. Devall alleges that they ambushed and killed two men who were collecting stock in the county.

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 Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. G. H. Jones at Mobile, Alabama, to Major General Thomas K. Smith, concerning the alleged murder of James Clinton of Pickens, Mississippi, by African Americans formerly enslaved by him.