From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Carter Vis to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to know the state of abolition in Mississippi from an economic and social point of view.

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 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 Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 16 from Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, concerning the reinstatement of municipal authorities in Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from Confederate Captain A. Q. Withers, commander of a company of state troops at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that his troops remain in Marshall County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens and civil officers of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the local militia be returned so they can grow crops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens and civil officers of Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking a pardon for a man convicted of selling liquor without a license.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from T. E. B. Pegues at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the local militia not be called up as they are needed at home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Letter from James A. Lyons to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark making recommendations as to changes that should be made to the system of slavery in the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from James A. Lyon at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, explaining why he was unable to attend the meeting of the Educational Commissioners. In a postscript, Lyon states that he is also sending a copy of his report entitled "Slavery and the Duties Growing out of the Relation", which he presented before the Presbyterian Church General Assembly in 1863. (Report not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from H. Cassidy at Franklin County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning the new militia act. Cassidy complains that, in his opinion, the enforcement of the act will leave no men to protect the county from perceived threats such as enslaved persons liberating themselves.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. B. Bradford in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the local militia be allowed to remain in Bolivar County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi Salt Works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the efforts of government officials to impress his enslaved labor force.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Mississippi state salt agent, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark of affairs at the state salt works, concerning the impressment of enslaved workers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from T. A. Mitchell, the president of the Board of Police of Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting salt for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from D. W. Lamkin, a lieutenant in the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery, at Opelika, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking that an enslaved person be released from jail.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining of a lack of supplies, thieves, and a Captain Price, who they allege has been terrorizing the citizens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. Alex Ventress near Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining about Clark's order to destroy cotton in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. M. Smith, an attorney at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning a legal case involving a white person who alleged that a freedman stole his mule.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States President Andrew Johnson at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, urging Sharkey to have the new state constitution extend voting rights to free persons of color who can read the United States constitution and write their names as well as those who own real estate property valued at $150.00 and pay taxes on said property.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from K. Rayner in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning a plan to have the federal government pay Southerners for the enslaved people whose labor they lost due to emancipation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. B. Bacon at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to send important news and proclamations to the newspaper of Picayune, Mississippi, of which he is an editor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Lambert Moore, a formerly enslaved person, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey protesting having to pay taxes on money earned while he was an enslaved person.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. Hewett at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the establishment of local government in Natchez so that schools can be reopened for city children. Hewett's letter is dated August 3, 1865, but he adds a postscript on the reverse dated August 4, 1865.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from former Mississippi State Treasurer Shields L. Hussey at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking an appointment to a state office. Hussey discusses his own loyalty, stating his opposition to secession in 1851, the fact that he has not voted in any major election since secession in 1861, and his approval of the abolition of slavery.