From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection.Letter from Sheriff U. Ozanne to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson, confirming his receipt of Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn granting a delay in carrying out the hanging of Solomon Pitts from January 27th, 1871 to February 17th, 1871.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from M. B. McMicken at Canton, Mississippi, to P. B. Starke, giving Starke details of the case of Robert Brown, an African American man incarcerated in the Mississippi State Penitentiary, who was accused of murder and defended by McMicken and Henry S. Foote. McMicken is requesting a pardon to be given to Robert Brown.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from Frank Halliday, clerk of the criminal court of Warren County, Mississippi, showing an order of judgement from the court stating that Robert Woods has been found guilty of the charge of murder and is sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence is to be carried out on April 30, 1870.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. H. Harvey, clerk of the circuit court of Choctaw County, Mississippi, at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that someone broke into the county courthouse and took all the civil and criminal papers.

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 M. W. Philips at Hickory, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, urging Clark to continue waging war against the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Report from A. J. Gillespie at the Auditor's office at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving the financial transactions of the state from November 1, 1863, to December 31, 1864.

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 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 R. S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to W. H. Mangum, stating that he believes it is too dangerous to hold the ensuing term of the Yazoo County, Mississippi, court, and discussing several personal and political matters.

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 Ira J. Corten, the justice of the peace of Clarke County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending that William Hopkins not receive a pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. H. Hardy at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining about raids made by Confederate Army deserters who are operating as anti-Confederate guerrillas in Jones County, Mississippi. Hardy alleges that they have committed several crimes, such as the alleged murder of a pro-Confederate minister. He suggests that Clark send a force of one or two hundred men with instructions to conscript all eligible men in neighboring counties for Mississippi Militia service against the Jones County guerrillas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. J. Taylor of Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking some questions in regard to actions of the circuit and probate courts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from former Mississippi Governor John J. McRae near Buckatunna, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, applying to Sharkey for help in getting a pardon for his participation in the Confederate rebellion.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Richard Winters at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning an African American United States Army soldier that whipped Mrs. Fort, a resident of Madison County, Mississippi.

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 James H. Rives at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the bad behavior of Smith's regiment in a recent fight with United States Army raiders.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. L. Lowry, Captain of the Pettus Rangers, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the alleged murder of Colonel J. H. Miller by United States Army soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Navy Captain Isaac N. Brown at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a plan to salvage the guns of the U.S.S. Cairo.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Varnado at Hancock County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the allegations that Steede's Battalion of Cavalry is made up of "rogues and robbers."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the "suffering condition of the people" in Hancock County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Moses Vaughan, a wounded soldier of the 6th Mississippi Infantry, at Forest, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning conscription for the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John B. Nevett in Natchez, Mississippi, requesting a pardon for Patrick Fitzgerald, an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.