From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from the citizens of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to leave the murder case of Morgan and Hilliard to the courts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from Sheriff M. A. Metts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for a pardon for William T. Hester. The item also cites reasons for the petition, one being that the defendant is disabled in one arm due to an injury sustained at the Battle of Seven Pines.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Francis Bongoll to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, mentioning his military service from 1855 to 1867. He also mentions that now his constitution has been shattered and asks the Governor for assistance in finding some form of work that is less physical in nature.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. The Tenth Annual Report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum by Superintendent Robert Kells.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from R. Russell at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, explaining why he was unable to deliver J. W. Sanders' report on time.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from E. S. Fisher at Long Beach, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the seizure of private property by the Confederate government without compensation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from O. Davis to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the loss of his financial records due to United States Army operations in Tippah County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Hamilton Cooper at Decatur, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the state government send in troops to break up and arrest the band of alleged Confederate Army deserters operating in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Doctor W. G. Williams in Claiborne County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, urging the state to bring in needed goods through the United States Navy's blockade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from Yalobusha County, Mississippi, officials that S. B. Hartley is qualified to be dispenser of spirituous liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from C. M. Vaiden at Vaiden, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the need for salt in the counties surrounding the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. D. Holder at Egypt, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, expressing his opinion that some men in Tippah County, Mississippi, and Tishomingo County, Mississippi, should be exempted from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Colonel G. L. Blythe at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning his efforts to collect and send forward militia who are absent from their commands. (Blythe writes that he encloses an order from General Nathan Forrest. Said document is not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Major W. E. Montgomery of the 2nd Battalion Mississippi Cavalry in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the recent operations by the unit.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from S. B. Hartley, a disabled Confederate veteran at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking permission to trade cotton with the United States Army to buy supplies. On the reverse are two statements in support of Hartley. The first, dated July 13, 1864, is from R. D. McLare, mayor of Grenada, and T. M. Hawkins, endorsing Hartley's character. The second, dated July 14, 1864, is from Captain T. R. Shearon, confirming that Hartley was discharged from Confederate service by a medical board.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from T. P. Ware at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting an inquiry into the conduct of Adjutant A. B. Watts in Simpson County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from R. S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to W. H. Mangum, stating that he believes it is too dangerous to hold the ensuing term of the Yazoo County, Mississippi, court, and discussing several personal and political matters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from E. E. Lee and several citizens of Kemper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that A. J. Lee be released after being arrested for alleged disloyalty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel John C. Humphreys at the prisoner of war camp at Johnson's Island near Landusky, Ohio, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking Clark to help get him swapped for Lieutenant Colonel William H. Glenn, 89th Ohio Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert Kells, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking permission to trade cotton to the United States for supplies needed by his patients.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. Alex Ventress near Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining about Clark's order to destroy cotton in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Receipt from William, a station agent at the Mobile, Alabama, station of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, for hauling one sack of salt from Macon, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from H. M. Thompson, commander of the Yazoo Rangers, at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining that some of his men had been arrested and conscripted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Captain W. E. Montgomery, commander of the Herndon Rangers (Mississippi Militia, Cavalry Battalion, Second Reserves), to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the movement of United States Navy transports down the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to W. C. Watson, giving his agent his thoughts on cotton and wool cards, use of state troops, foreigners in the military, impressed enslaved persons, military supplies, and soldiers fit for service.