From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. E. Jolley to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, addressing a letter he sent on June 9, 1871 concerning an incident where a county sheriff would not receive a prisoner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. J. Bradford to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a statement from the governor that Bradford had nothing to do with Mr. Sims being removed from office. Bradford also recommends replacement officers. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Bradford's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John Deavours to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, clarifying the question of the Constitution which bars persons who held offices prior to the rebellion from holding offices afterwards. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Deavours'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 George A. Spivey to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to withdraw his name from consideration for the office of chancery clerk. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Spivey's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. H. Porter to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking Alcorn to transmit Porter's statement that he is not a member of the Ku Klux Klan to the proper authority. Although there has not been a claim or charge weighed against him, there are threats of such charges being rumored, and he asks the governor's help in this matter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from E. Stafford, Jas. R. Yerger, and A. Virden to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing a request by the board of mayor and aldermen of the city of Jackson, Mississippi, to reinstate two previously removed members of the board, a McLaughlin and Peyton. Enclosed in the letter is a newspaper clipping containing the proceedings of a public meeting in which citizens of Jackson appointed Stafford, Yerger, and Virden to write to Alcorn on the aforesaid matter.

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 Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mayor W. C. Harrell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to request that an election be held in order to fill city officers for the newly chartered town of Osyka, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Harrell's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Robert J. Davis, E. S. Fisher, and Jason Niles to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing recommendations that Robert J. Davis be appointed to the office of circuit court clerk in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. Yerger, A. R. Johnston, and F. J. Wharts to George Donnell, giving their opinion on how long Mr. Donnell is entitled to hold his appointment as the chancery clerk of Hinds County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from D. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that the Mississippi Legislature has refused to approve his appointment to the office of mayor of Goodman, Mississippi. He also asks for instruction as to what he should do about it. Mitchell also asks, given that laws have been passed to hold elections for a marshall, if the townspeople can also hold elections for aldermen and mayor, and would the governor and the Legislature honor said election. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Mitchell's letter.

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 Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. H. Walton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing him of a rumored plot to undermine appointments in the county and advising that an election would be ill advised until after his term in office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Incomplete letter from an unknown person to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the article that appeared in the Mississippi Pilot concerning the reward offered for the capture of George Jones, who is wanted on suspicion of murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Bentonville Taylor to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending a number of persons for vacant positions within Marion County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Taylor's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. M. Patrick to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Governor Alcorn of the actions of certain men going about the county in disguise, whipping freedmen and making threats against his own life and that of his family. Patrick also asks Alcorn for assistance in finding these persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William N. Raines to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the removal of the current sheriff of Newton County, Mississippi. Item attached to this letter is a petition for the removal of the sheriff, signed by William Woodward and several other individuals.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from George Wood and C. Halley to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, of a meeting at the courthouse of Jackson County, Mississippi, where a resolution of support was issued for the administration of Alcorn.

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 Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas J. Burges to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking if the government is willing to reimburse him for the loss of his "small fortune" due to the War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from James K. Mulkey to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to be appointed as a United States Steamboat Detective and offers to work without salary by financing the position with government levied fines. Mulkey explains that the ongoing negligence from steamboat workers and corruption from the inspectors is the reason for many of the steamboat disasters. He believes this can be remedied by taking up this position.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. S. Wofford to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, expressing his concerns over hearing that there was not to be an election held in the state for the 42nd Congress.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. A. J. Rivers, the Constable of District 2, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking that he be paid for his service during the election term of 1868, and that part of that money be sent to his family and the balance sent to him. He also explains an accident with his gun, which discharged when he dropped it and put sixteen buckshot through his left ankle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from H. L. Muldrow, concerning a indictment against James R. Ellis from Winston County, Mississippi. The indictment charges Ellis with violation of official duties and allowing a bond belonging to the sheriff to be stolen.