From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. P. Reid to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending George Chew and E. H. Lambord for open justice of the peace positions.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Kimball, Raymond and Company, state printers, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that the Mississippi Legislature was calling for the chapters of the revised code. The printers ask if the delivery should be brought to Alcorn or to Mississippi Secretary of State James D. Lynch. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Kimball, Raymond and Company's letter.