From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Publication titled Salt from the Onondaga Salt Company to the editor of the New York World.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens and civil officers of Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking a pardon for a man convicted of selling liquor without a license.

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. Incomplete letter from B. F. Arthur, the private secretary of South Carolina Governor Milledge Luke Bonham, at Columbia, South Carolina, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, enclosing copies of correspondence between Bonham and Confederate Secretary of the Treasury George Trenholm. (Letter and enclosures are damaged).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. M. Haynes in Macon, Mississippi, to A. M. West, offering to sell the state supplies that have been run in through the blockade in exchange for a contract.

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 Robert S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his proposal to force county officials to aid in arresting alleged Confederate Army deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from James B. McRea at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, offering to supply the state of Mississippi with cotton and woolen cards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. M. Deason at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering to supply wool and cotton cards to the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from James M. Haynes at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning a blockade runner in Mobile, Alabama, that proposes to bring in goods for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel James B. McRae at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering to supply ten thousand pairs of cotton or woolen cards in exchange for cotton bales. McRae advises any response to be sent to Buckatunna, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from B. B. Wilkinson at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering to serve as an agent for the purchase of cotton cards for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Report of the South Carolina government Sub-commission on Submarine Batteries, Torpedoes, and c., supporting a proposal for a steam-battering ram for naval vessels designed by William R. Scott and recommending that Scott's design be incorporated to ships under construction by the Confederate Navy at Charleston, South Carolina, or elsewhere in the Confederacy. The report is dated October 1862 and consists of meeting minutes, copies of letters from government officials and military officers, and Scott's description of the design. Also included is a note from Scott dated December 1862 that provides copies of two additional letters supporting his plans that he received after the sub-commission's report. (This document is the South Carolina Sub-commission report mentioned in mdah_409-397-02. This document is one of five documents in Series 409 that discuss William R. Scott's proposed plans for a steam-powered vessel. The other four documents are mdah_409-397-01, mdah_409-397-02, mdah_409-397-03, and mdah_409-397-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from State Geologist Eugene W. Hilgard at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving a summary of his actions during the war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain J. White Fowler in Grenada, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the expedition to blockade the Coldwater and Tallahatchie rivers is useless.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated letter offering advice on how to obstruct the Mississippi River to United States Navy gunboats.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning provisions available in the local area.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus reporting on the blockade of the Yazoo Pass.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Aaron H. Forrest, Confederate Captain of the 6th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry at Camp Warren, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his efforts to block the United States Navy gunboats at the Yazoo pass.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. J. Price to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting an exemption from Confederate military service, as he is running a tanning business.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. C. Eggleston at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the inability of citizens in the county to pay the military tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Letter from Natchez, Mississippi, by Confederate General Charles G. Dahlgren, offering his plan for defending the Mississippi RIver from United States Navy gunboats.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the officers of the Confederate 3rd Mississippi Infantry in Jackson, Mississippi, asking that they be sent to protect the Mississippi Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from West Point, Mississippi, concerning relief measures for Mississippians hurt by the high prices brought about by the war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from New Orleans, Louisiana, by Charles G. Johnson, concerning a plan to issue currency with a value based on cotton and tobacco.