From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from Sheriff M. A. Metts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for a pardon for William T. Hester. The item also cites reasons for the petition, one being that the defendant is disabled in one arm due to an injury sustained at the Battle of Seven Pines.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mayor William Price of Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending clemency on behalf of Tom Hanks of Grenada. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Price's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from White and Chalmers to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting executive clemency for Thomas Ward, who has served four years of a five-year sentence on grand larceny. (Petition not included)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. P. Miller in Rankin County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing on behalf of Thomas Easom, a freed person whom Miller formerly held as an enslaved person. According to Miller's letter, Easom is seeking a pardon for his son, a United States Army veteran who was convicted of larceny and sentenced to four years incarceration. Miller asks for clemency for Easom's son, whom Miller characterizes as "young and ignorant" when convicted. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Miller's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from Bell Davis at Valewood, Mississippi, given to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, applying for pardon and asking to be released early from her incarceration so that she can care for her struggling mother.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. S. Van Eaton at Woodville, Mississippi, to R. J. Mathews, recounting the case of Elisha Boker and stating that he ought to have never been convicted, stating that the prosecutor had gone to the cabin of Boker looking for a woman that was staying there. When Elisha came out, the prosecutor tried to attack Elisha with a long piece of iron. Van Eaton claims Elisha defended himself with a knife, cutting the prosecutor. Van Eaton also accuses the witnesses in the case, all African Americans, of being prejudiced against Boker. Van Eaton requests executive clemency for Boker.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. Murphy to R. J. Mathews, recounting the details of the case of Isham Walton, whom he defended, and stating that Walton was convicted of assault with the intent to kill. According to witnesses, Walton was said to have been holding a gun carelessly when it went off by accident. Murphy states that he believes the punishment for Walton was unjust. There is also a statement at the end of this letter from W. L. Walton pleading for the release of Isham Walton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William R. Fears to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Fears states that he and three others were tried in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in May and June of 1867 by a military commission and sent to prison for grand larceny. He is asking Alcorn to have them transferred back to Mississippi, as they are serving their imprisonment in Fort Jefferson, Florida. (Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary stating that Fears was wrongfully accused, suggesting that this is a pardon request)

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 William Compton, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating that Dennis Alrick, a prisoner in the Mississippi State Penitentiary who was transferred to the asylum, has suffered mental anguish due to his conviction and Compton has offered clemency as a mode of treatment. Compton requests a pardon for Alrick from Governor Alcorn. Enclosed is a copy, by Compton, of a letter from physician T. J. Mitchell certifying that, in Mitchell's opinion, Alrick is "insane".

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from E. D. Clark and R. Booth, counsel for Creed Taylor, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting clemency for Taylor, who was convicted of the 1868 murder of Henry Markham. (Alcorn's response to this petition is mdah_786-971-05-12).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from Sarah Garrett at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that she be pardoned for her crime of allowing enslaved persons to trade as freemen.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from T. J. Mitchell at Kirkwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting a pardon for Doctor E. H. Anderson, convicted of illegally selling spirituous liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from District Attorney G. C. Chandler to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that a fine against Elisha Bodford for permitting an enslaved boy named Ike to trade as a free person be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting clemency for Mrs. Sarah D. Garrett, convicted of allowing her enslaved persons to trade as freemen.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. D. Holder at Egypt, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, expressing his opinion that some men in Tippah County, Mississippi, and Tishomingo County, Mississippi, should be exempted from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for clemency for James D. Manning, a Confederate soldier convicted of alleged horse stealing.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Joel M. Acker at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, enclosing and endorsing a petition from several citizens of Monroe County, Mississippi, requesting a pardon for Westly Chism, a Confederate soldier convicted of stealing a horse.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from R. C. Webb in Lafayette County, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson, asking for a pardon and enclosing a letter from R. C. Webb's brother to Johnson, advocating on his behalf. The enclosed letter from William H. Webb at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Johnson, dated September 16, 1865, endorses R. C. Webb's petition and speaks to his loyalty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Giles at Westville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his pharmacy be remitted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Doctor W. Kirk in Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey. Kirk, a physician, has made very little profit since the beginning of the Civil War, and coupled with his cotton being taxed, asks for the tax on his business be waived. Kirk's petition is sworn before and witnessed by probate court clerk E. D. Hyde. On the third page, Josiah Atkinson and B. Frank Woodward endorse Kirk's character in a statement sworn before and witnessed by Hyde.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. E. Harting at Old Hickory, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be reduced or remitted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Reid at Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that his small business be exempted from the business tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of State William H. Seward at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, informing Sharkey that a petition calling for clemency for former Confederate President Jefferson Davis and former Mississippi Governor Charles Clark from several women of Columbus, Mississippi, has been submitted to President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. H. West at Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his tavern be remitted.