From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens and civil officers of Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking a pardon for a man convicted of selling liquor without a license.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. Alex Ventress near Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining about Clark's order to destroy cotton in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

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. Letter from Milton Brown, the president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning repair of the tracks above Okolona, Mississippi, and correcting misinformation related to Clark in regards to the railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. R. Dodge with the Department of Agriculture in Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the payment of taxes on land in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed circular No. 13 from Major General O. O. Howard, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, concerning policy toward confiscated and abandoned lands.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from T. H. Allen and J. M. Allen in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, complaining that their cotton from Arkansas was taxed at Vicksburg, Mississippi, by the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John Handy at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if he needs to apply for a special amnesty since he had served as chief collector of the Confederate war tax in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Lucius R. Wilson of Coffeeville, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson, transmitted through Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for a presidential pardon. Wilson explains that he was elected sheriff of Yalobusha County and subsequently appointed Confederate States tax collector for the county, thus making him exempt from the benefits of President Johnson's amnesty proclamation. (This petition is the enclosed application for pardon mentioned in mdah_771-955-04-30).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. H. Maury at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking permission to create a police force. Maury alleges that the United States Army occupation troops are stealing cotton from the people of the community. Maury recommends a few men to name as captains, lieutenants, or sheriffs for the Mississippi towns of Rocky Springs, Bruinsburg, and Rodney.

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 E. C. Mosby at Lauderdale Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus who is seeking permission to distill whiskey for medicinal purposes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Meridian, Mississippi, to M. R. Clark, stating that tax assessors are exempt from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. Evans at Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, recommending W. H. Cherry for the position of tax collector in Clarke County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Thompson at Selma, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for a recommendation for the position of Chief Quartermaster of the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. Y. Neily at Scooba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending W. P. Keesee as collector of the Confederate tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. V. W. McLendon in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for an exemption from militia service (moved to box 25880).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John G. Humphries in Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about speculators in Winston County, Mississippi, charging too much for their goods.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Resolution from the state of Georgia including cover letter dated April 14, requesting that the Confederate Congress increase the pay of Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas Davis in Kemper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for the job of tax collector of Kemper County.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lucretia Curtis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that her husband be detailed home to help hunt for deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives, Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' private secretary, to General Jeptha V. Harris denying the request to send the militia at Columbus, Mississippi, home to take care of their families.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. S. Pattison at Milldale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the consolidation of the militia units serving near Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain G. W. Ellis of the 1 Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Vaiden, Mississippi,to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the condition and efficiency of the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Christopher Tebault at Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning taxes owed on a piece of family property near Kosciusko, Mississippi.