From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. L. Skinner in Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, seeking to become Mississippi's commissioner of claims for the swamp and overflowed lands granted to the state by the federal government. Mississippi is entitled to indemnity for the lands by the General Land Office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Legal document from the citizens of Mississippi concerning the sale of swamp land in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Wilson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus on behalf of the General Land Office transmitting a copy of the swamp and overflown land list.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. A. Smith of the United States General Land Office to Mississippi Governor John. J. Pettus acknowledging receipt of the Governor's letter of the 5th instant.