From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. M. Pearson at Carrollton, Mississippi, to R. J. Mathews, concerning the 1868 case of an African American man named Allison Bibb, as Pearson was assigned to defend Bibb. Pearson makes the case for Bibb to receive clemency.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Owen McGarr at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to R. J. Mathews, concerning the Minor Coleman case tried before Judge Shackelford. McGarr states that the district attorney and most of the jury that convicted Coleman had subsequently signed a petition to have him pardoned during the summer of 1868, but for some reason then-Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames had not acted upon said petition. McGarr goes on to make a plea for Coleman to receive a pardon from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. P. Tillman at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his enslaved person who was in jail in Copiah County, Mississippi, allegedly charged with murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Kosciusko, Mississippi, by G. R. Y. White, asking if a soldier can be detained by civil authorities for alleged assault and battery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John W. Thompson in Ripley, Mississippi, requesting that a forfeiture bond against D. B. Wright be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James C. Dockery in Hernando, Mississippi, requesting a pardon for Hartwell W. Bass, convicted of alleged murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the extradition of Jefferson Garrett who is suspecting of murdering Jordan Pye.