From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from G. M. Raymond in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, urgently requesting rations as the supplies have been exhausted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Muller to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames that rations from Yazoo City, Mississippi, cannot reach sufferers in Sunflower, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. B. Sullivan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting on the condition of overflowed land between Beulah, Mississippi, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, listing overflow sufferers along Deer Creek in Issaquena County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that residents of New Town, Mississippi, will starve without immediate assistance.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from G. N. Raymond to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that rations were delivered to Natchez, Mississippi, but that additional rations will be needed soon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Jeffords to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the distribution of rations in Issaquena County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles Clark to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, stating that early estimates of the overflow were low and that water levels are rising in the area of Beulah, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Muller to Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing the Governor of the suffering along the Sunflower River. Includes head count from Captain Joel Stevens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George E. Hasie to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, telling the situation of the overflow sufferers and asking for more aid.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from William H. Lynch to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, drawing the Ames' attention to destitute African American people stranded in Deadman's Bend.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Peter Crosby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing cover letter for list of overflow sufferers in Warren County, Mississippi. List not included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from I. G. G. Garrett at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, suggesting that the Mississippi Legislature buy his patent. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving an executive summary of Garrett's letter. (Letter is heavily faded and difficult to read).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Milton Brown, president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and L. J. Fleming, superintendent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, asking that corn be transported to the starving families of their county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from T. E. B. Pegues at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the local militia not be called up as they are needed at home.

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. Letter from L. Julienne at Jackson, Mississippi, to an unnamed "friend", discussing personal matters and describing his views on life in occupied Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel William N. Brown of the 20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on his regiment's raid into Jones County, Mississippi, to hunt alleged Confederate deserters, as well as the need for cotton and wool cards for the citizens. (Brown states that he is enclosing a horse comb made by the struggling widow of a Confederate soldier. Enclosed item not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Lieutenant Franklin Force, acting Provost Marshal of Freedmen, requesting ten days rations to be issued for one man and nine women, all impoverished African Americans, at Brandon, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain Samuel A. Cooper of the 50th United States Colored Infantry, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown in Milledgeville, Georgia, concerning his effort to have laws passed prohibiting the cultivation of excess cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. Fannie Lovelady, the wife of a soldier in Pike County, Mississippi, seeking aid to help feed her family.

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. Petition from the state troops stationed at Milldale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that they be disbanded and allowed to go home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from doctor E. M. Blackburn at Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the removal of Mississippians wounded in the recent fighting.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus's aide at Jackson, Mississippi, to General J. Z. George, concerning the seizure of a shipment of wheat meant for the poor families of Jasper County, Mississippi.