From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from William Merrill, superintendent of the Mississippi Institution for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to John Duncan, John W. Robinson, and A. Virden, the Institution's trustees, giving his annual report. The report contains information on the school's financial condition and its impact on students, as well as updates on students' studies and health.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, protesting against the impressment of their mules for government service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from E. E. Moody at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to help him collect money from the federal government because United States Army troops had allegedly occupied and used his blacksmith shop without providing promised compensation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. G. Morey and D. B. Morey, state commissioners of military funds, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning their investigation into use of government funds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from C. A. Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning an effort to have corn brought up to impoverished people in northeast Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Annual report from John Duncan at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, on the operations of the Mississippi Institution for the Blind.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from E. A. Brown at Clinton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking compensation for two horses impressed by the state of Mississippi for military use.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Legal documents from J. W. Scarborough to Confederate Brigadier General A. M. West, concerning property impressed by the state of Mississippi from J. B. Ellington.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from John M. Greaves in Hinds County, Mississippi, to Judge Fulton Anderson at Jackson, Mississippi, authorizing Anderson to be his agent to collect monies for an impressed horse.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from Green T. Hill and J. F. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, as to the value of a mule impressed from R. A. Caruthers for use by the Confederate military. E. C. Eggleston, sheriff of Lowndes County, has signed the statement.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Geologist E. W. Hilgard at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on the work of the state geological survey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain H. B. Deekes at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to an unnamed Major, concerning the alleged misconduct of Captain Pierce, who was raising a company of state troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of an order from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, authorizing a Captain Lucas to impress horses and mules, dated July 11, 1864. There are two subsequent notes on the page dated July 12, 1864, and July 14, 1864, respectively. The first, by Lucas, certifies that Lucas has impressed a mule from Wm. Dent. The second, by Dent, acknowledges receipt of a requisition on the Mississippi State Auditor for $700, the appraised value of Dent's mule.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of an order from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, authorizing a Captain Lucas to impress horses and mules, dated July 11, 1864. There are two subsequent notes on the page dated July 12, 1864, and July 19, 1864, respectively. The first, by Lucas, certifies that Lucas has impressed a horse from T. P. Barton. The second, by attorney E. Dismukes, acknowledges receipt of a requisition on the Mississippi State Auditor for $1,500, the appraised value of Barton's horse.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. A. Banks at Westville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning alleged abuses against local residents by Captain F. M. Little and his men as they destroy distilleries in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain S. S. Fatherree, quartermaster of E. A. Peyton's Battalion of Mississippi Cavalry, at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to D. Hansboro, concerning the impressment of twenty-five pounds of salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. B. Watts, adjutant of E. A. Peyton's Battalion of Mississippi Cavalry, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the complaint of Amos Davis over his impressed mule.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Joel M. Acker at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, enclosing and endorsing a petition from several citizens of Monroe County, Mississippi, requesting a pardon for Westly Chism, a Confederate soldier convicted of stealing a horse.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Major General Samuel J. Gholson at Tupelo, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to check the alleged raids made by Unionists and Confederate Army deserters in north Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff G. W. Bradley at Augusta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, stating that he cannot collect state and county taxes because of alleged threats from Confederate Army deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to Mississippi Militia Brigadier General A. M. West, ordering him to impress wagons, teams, and drivers to remove government stores from Macon, Mississippi. West forwarded the letter to Major J. M. Haynes in Macon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Captain W. E. Montgomery, commander of the Herndon Rangers (Mississippi Militia, Cavalry Battalion, Second Reserves), giving him authority to move his command and impress items needed for his company. Clark also orders Montgomery to arrest anyone who gives away his unit's movements to the United States Army as spies, and gives him instructions on protecting local plantations, imprisoning African Americans, and dealing with Confederate Army deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff E. M. Devall at Ellisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, explaining that taxes in Jones County, Mississippi, have not been collected because of alleged threats from Confederate Army deserters who are operating as anti-Confederate guerrillas. Devall alleges that they ambushed and killed two men who were collecting stock in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Certificate from D. A. Watson of Lafayette County, Mississippi, stating that J. H. Alexander was authorized as his agent for any monies received from the state as compensation for a horse impressed for state service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. Goodman, president of the Mississippi Central Railroad, at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning a proposal to supply Mississippi with cotton and wool cards.