From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from P. B. Starke, Thos. W. Stinger, and T. J. Mitchell, members of a committee appointed to assess the affairs of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing the results of the committee's investigation into the condition of the penitentiary - including plantations leased by the penitentiary where some convicted persons, mostly African Americans, are made to perform labor - and its inmates. There are several pages of information concerning some inmates needing medical attention, some inmates whom the committee believed were improperly convicted, and recommended pardons or commutations of sentences. Appended are additional "special reports" concerning particular cases and persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Correspondence from E. S. Peyton and several other citizens of Copiah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing two support letters and a petition for R. J. Catchings to be reinstated as the mayor of Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the correspondence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Thomas Gafton, former state legislator and Confederate veteran, of Adams County, Mississippi, to Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell, the Commander of the Fourth Military District, containing a claim concerning his right to register and vote. Claim was denied citing constitutional authority by McDowell.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Claim from Robert Wood, a former probate court clerk and Confederate veteran, in Adams County, Mississippi, to Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell, the Commander of the Fourth Military District, concerning his right to register and vote. Claim was denied citing constitutional authority by McDowell.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles M. Benbrook, a former constable, in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, to Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell, the Commander of the Fourth Military District, concerning his right to register and vote.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Claim from Alfred Swayze, former member of Board of Police, in Adams County, Mississippi, to Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell, the Commander of the Fourth Military District, concerning his right to register and vote.