From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Major A. A. Hosner, judge advocate, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the jurisdiction of military courts in cases involving Mississippi citizens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert Kells, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning Kells' efforts to obtain a pass to go to Vicksburg, Mississippi, to obtain supplies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Affidavit and appeal from Lucinda Cantrill and Mary Jane Smyth, arrested for burglary and larceny, at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, stating under oath that they are not guilty and asking that they be released from jail in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The affidavit is sworn before and witnessed by Stephen A. Brown, probate judge and justice of the peace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from S. J. Terry, Assistant Surgeon of Perrin's regiment of Mississippi Cavalry at Mount Milling, South Carolina, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for an exemption from military service because of poor health.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Brigadier General William L. Brandon at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the conscription of David Simmons and J. W. McRaven.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson, a local judge in Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning exemptions for local officials.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. G. Moore, the warden of the Alabama Penitentiary at Wetumpka, Alabama, to Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts, reporting on the prisoners from Mississippi whom the Alabama Penitentiary is temporarily holding. Then-Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus ordered that these prisoners be transferred from the Mississippi State Penitentiary to Alabama in 1863 through an agreement with then-Alabama Governor John G. Shorter. M. G. Moore's letter consists of handwritten copies of correspondence between Pettus, Shorter, Moore, and the Alabama Penitentiary board of inspectors regarding the transfer of the Mississippi prisoners as well as questions about the legality of Shorter's right to accept the prisoners and whether they can require the prisoners to perform labor. Moore intersperses brief explanations about these circumstances and his own actions throughout the letter. Appended to the letter is a receipt for prisoner-related expenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from T. P. Ware at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting an inquiry into the conduct of Adjutant A. B. Watts in Simpson County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the exemption of L. A. Ragsdale from Confederate military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the legality of having a temporary penitentiary outside the limits of the state. Wharton elaborates on why, in his opinion, said penitentiary cannot legally be located outside the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the Mississippi conscript laws, bonds, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, and appointment of judges to office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to W. C. Watson, giving his agent his thoughts on cotton and wool cards, use of state troops, foreigners in the military, impressed enslaved persons, military supplies, and soldiers fit for service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the legality of the conscription laws.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering his opinion concerning the writ of habeas corpus.

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 Clark Collection. Letter from T. F. Sevier at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, enclosing a copy of correspondence between Confederate Major General Stephen D. Lee at Grenada, Mississippi, and Lieutenant General Joseph E. Johnston at Meridian, Mississippi, concerning the seizure of wagons and teams from civilians caught trading with the United States Army. The copy indicates that Lee and Johnston's original letters were dated November 23, 1863. The copy itself is dated January 19, 1864.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from United States President Andrew Johnson at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the creation of a state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from John Wilson of Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting a pardon for his conviction for selling liquor illegally. Wilson believes he is illegally imprisoned and wants to appeal for his freedom by habeas corpus. On the third page, a note from Franklin Smith states that Wilson cannot write but that Wilson's nephew signed the petition on his behalf.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Major General H. W. Slocum at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the arrest of Judge D. O. Merwin under the express instructions of President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, to Major General Henry W. Slocum, concerning the arrest of D. O. Merwin in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from D. O. Merwin at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning a dispute with the United States authorities in Vicksburg, Mississippi, regarding a writ of habeas corpus.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated abstract of the proceedings against a Mr. Trinkle for avoiding conscription into the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at the Office of Conscription in Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning Mr. Finkle's substitute, who turned 18 and was subject to the draft.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain John S. Neal, 3rd Battalion, Mississippi State Troops, at Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, relating his work in procuring salt, arresting deserters, and impressing equipment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Richard Cooper at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking for an appointment as habeas corpus lawyer.