From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Henry Jones to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, protesting the petitioned pardon of John Davis Jr., and claimingthat Jones' signature was forged on Davis' petition for pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from A. J. McLaurin et al to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon of Rufus Daily, convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. H. Mangum to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, containing correspondance from General H. W. Slocum regarding the bail of G. N. Jordan, as he is very sick and likely to die.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from William M. Pollan at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, stating that he and others are not trying to keep a secret organization but that they wish to replace some disloyal office holders in Choctaw County, Mississippi. Attached is a petition from the clerk of the probate court of the county, listing the positions Pollan and his associates wish to replace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Lucinda Brookshire and others to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, for pardon of Henry Herron, who was convicted of bigamy. Pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. L. Dugan in Ripley, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning treasury matters.

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 Ames Collection. Petition from C. P. Huntington to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to intercede on behalf of Judge Shackelford in his impeachment proceedings. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of Huntington's petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Penn to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, expressing concern that landowners would not allow African American farmers to work their land but would advertise for Northern farmers to come work instead. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of Penn's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. G. Moore to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking to be appointed to the office of circuit clerk of Warren County, Mississippi, upon the resignation of the current officer Mr. Lea. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Moore's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. S. Cannon to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the possibility of the Ku Klux Klan members of Union County, Mississippi being convicted of their crimes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from White and Chalmers to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting executive clemency for Thomas Ward, who has served four years of a five-year sentence on grand larceny. (Petition not included)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William M. Conner to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, defending himself against character attacks, and also asking Alcorn to appoint him to be Sheriff of Noxubee County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Major A. A. Hosner, judge advocate, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the jurisdiction of military courts in cases involving Mississippi citizens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. W. Philips at Hickory, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, urging Clark to continue waging war against the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from former Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the effort to return Confederate deserters to their commands.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor at Selma, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning his plans to combat United States Army operations in Mississippi.

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 Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury, concerning the parole status of state troops captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting reinforcements for Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest to stop a United States Army movement down the Mississippi Central Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for a remission of the business tax.

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 Sheriff J. V. Thomas of Verona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning hardships caused by the business tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sharkey Matilda at Brownsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's aid in obtaining compensation for the damage allegedly done to her property by the United States Army. Included is a list of the property damaged.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John McRae, the tax assessor of Kemper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if cotton sent from Mobile, Alabama, for safekeeping during the Civil War is subject to the state tax.