From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Silas Oliver in Vicksburg, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to intercede on his behalf in Warren County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon for Wesley Smith, who was convicted of grand larceny.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Two copies of a letter from D. S. Pattison at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the settling of his accounts as salt agent for the state.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George S. Gaines in State Line, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, complaining about federal policies which he says are encouraging formerly enslaved people to leave plantations. Gaines is frustrated that plantation owners can no longer legally exercise control over African Americans and their labor. He complains that planters cannot produce enough cotton, corn, and other crops.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Jackson of the 5th Mississippi Regiment, State Troops at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus claiming exemption from service under the Confederate Second Conscription Act's provision about slaveholders.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. A. Smith at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that the 5th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, be disbanded for the Christmas holidays.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Cook and Brother in Athens, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the location of guns purchased by the state of Mississippi.
