From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from D. T. J. Matthews to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as representative of Panola County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Legislature.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John T. Maseley to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, thanking Governor Ames for revoking the appointment of J. F. Simmons that was made by A. K. Davis in his absence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John R. Hicks, hospital physician at the city hospital of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that D. A. Lehuse (spelling is probably wrong) had been selected by the Vicksburg Board of Alderman as the superintendent of the city hospital. Hicks also makes his case that he did not need the assistance of this person's office. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Hicks's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, updating Alcorn on the "'Hucabee' outcry" in Oxford, Mississippi, and stating that warrants had been issued for several parties implicated in said event. Hall questions a verbal communication given to him by William Morest, supposedly from Alcorn sending Morest in and through counties where African American people were leaving, to reassure them that the state was going to protect them. Hall believes Morest to have lied to him and plans on dismissing him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his proposal to force county officials to aid in arresting alleged Confederate Army deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from citizens of Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the mistreatment of enslaved people impressed from local plantations to work on fortifications.