From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Pennsylvania Governor J. F. Hartranft, containing a proclamation that 25 November, 1875, will be Thanksgiving in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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 Sharkey Collection. Letter from George S. Gaines in State Line, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, complaining about federal policies which he says are encouraging formerly enslaved people to leave plantations. Gaines is frustrated that plantation owners can no longer legally exercise control over African Americans and their labor. He complains that planters cannot produce enough cotton, corn, and other crops.