From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas Reed to R. J. Mathews, concerning an inquiry into the case of Tim (or Jim) Carter who had been convicted of stealing a mule and sentenced to one year in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Reed explains that the prosecution failed to positively identify the mule Carter had supposedly stolen, and believes that the jury convicted him just for being in possession of a mule. Reed also explains that Judge Smiley had not taken the oath, and therefore the court did not have jurisdiction to hear the case and thus Carter was being held without cause and should be released.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. W. C. Watson, a former Confederate senator, at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, congratulating him on being named provisional governor and asking his help in obtaining a federal amnesty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed circular from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, publishing the instructions for giving the amnesty oath by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward at Washington, District of Columbia

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete printed circular from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to the sheriffs of Mississippi calling on them to enforce the laws of the state and to arrest Confederate deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, giving his thoughts on the punishment to be given to Confederate deserters who return to their units.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete printed circular sent by Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to the various county sheriffs in the state, announcing his proclamation of amnesty for alleged deserters if they serve in the Confederate Army for thirty days. (Circular is damaged).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. T. Rowland, a former United States Army soldier from Tippah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the requirement that he take the Amnesty Oath in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. M. Hankins at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, writing about his petition for a pardon, to which Sharkey had not yet responded.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. J. Jeffress and W. B. Jeffress at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that they be allowed to skip taking the amnesty oath as they are Nazarenes and their church requires them to take no oaths.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from J. Fort at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if magistrates are authorized to administer the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas A. Cocke at Charleston, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson, seeking to get back property taken by the United States Army during the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from E. A Rollins, acting Commissioner of the United States Treasury Department, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that the oaths of office and allegiance for A. H. Hall and Alonzo G. Mayers had been received.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from T. V. Noland at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking Sharkey's aid in obtaining a job to work while he awaits the reopening of the courts so that he may practice law.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. Shannon of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that H. W. Hill be appointed magistrate of Milldale Precinct in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Judge A. K. Smedes at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to authorize the county sheriff to pay Smedes 1/4 salary at $2,000 per annum for acting as judge of the probate court and administering the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mayor Kinloch Falconer of Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking if his election as mayor was legal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petitions from citizens of Flewellyn's Crossroads in DeSoto County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking that a post office be established in their town and that James A. Harris be appointed as town postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William B. Sloan at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his request for pardon to United States President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. K. Smedes, probate judge of Warren County, Mississippi, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending two men to administer the amnesty oath in Milldale, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Samuel M. Meek at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to be reappointed to the district attorney's position he held previously.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George A. Sykes at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to forward his pardon application to United States President Andrew Johnson. (Enclosed application for pardon not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from J. Campbell and H. M. Morris at Clarke County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to be pardoned for selling liquor without a license. The two men state that they have been selling liquor at less than a gallon, and could not gain a license due to there being no tribunal to authorize one to them, but they have applied to the County Board of Police for one. Several citizens of Clarke County endorse the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from citizens of Ripley, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that he recommend to Postmaster General William Dennison, that Charles P. Miller be named as local postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Needham Whitfield at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his pardon application to President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. G. Baptist, justice of the peace at West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the powers of United States Treasury agents.