From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from E. J. Goode at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, tendering his resignation as judge for the High Court of Errors and Appeals for the Second District, as he believes the votes for the election were miscounted, and his opponent, Colonel D. W. Hurst, won.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Wiley Pope Harris in Columbus, Mississippi, asking the Confederate Secretary of State Judah Philip Benjamin to send statement as to the judges election.