From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John B. Henderson to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing the Governor that since his resignation no one had been appointed as the city assessor for Canton, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. Harwell at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, expressing his concern about the taxation of impoverished people, and the growing problem of increasing debt and how some items are being purchased on credit without a certainty of being able to pay it back. Harwell wishes the legislature to address this issue. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Harwell's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Message from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature, stating that he is returning to them House Bill 244 without his approval, and defines reasons for this action.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning county sheriffs who are in default on the collection of taxes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Message from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to the Mississippi State Senate and House of Representatives, recommending changes to an Act approved on February 13, 1867, concerning the Mississippi Yazoo-Delta levee commissioners and the collection of taxes by said commissioners and the respective county sheriffs.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. Burwell at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating that Burwell has been taxed to the point of destitution. Burwell asks Alcorn for his assistance under compromise. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Burwell's letter. (Hewson's note appears to give the date of the letter as March 3, 1871. This may be an error, as Burwell's actual letter bears the date March 3, 1870).

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. Tax in kind document showing how much produce Mississippi Governor Charles Clark has paid as his part of the tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Report from A. J. Gillespie at the Auditor's office at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving the financial transactions of the state from November 1, 1863, to December 31, 1864.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Major W. E. Montgomery of the 2nd Battalion Mississippi Cavalry in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the recent operations by the unit.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff G. W. Bradley at Augusta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, stating that he cannot collect state and county taxes because of alleged threats from Confederate Army deserters.

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 Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for a remission of the business tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff Lem Doty of Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, relating his efforts to collect taxes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. V. Thomas of Verona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning hardships caused by the business tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from D. W. Johnston, assessor of Hancock County, Mississippi, at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, stating that he had just received word of the tax on businesses in the state. Johnston also mentions a local businessmen who sells several goods in the same building, and asks if he must pay separate business tax for every good sold.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from B. S. Trice at Verona, Itawamba County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be reduced.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from J. S. Carver at Shuqualak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived. Attached is a letter of support from Sheriff W. M. Conner dated September 6, 1865.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. M. Conner of Noxubee County, Mississippi, at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, at Jackson, Mississippi, asking if the tax on cotton should be collected before it is taken to market.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Levi Roberts, tax assessor of Marshall County, Mississippi, at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking for instructions on collecting the state tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John T. Allison at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking if his cotton that was raised in Alabama must be taxed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Luther C. Hines in Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking that the $50.00 he paid for the business tax be reduced.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. O. Cox of Lawrence County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking questions about the cotton tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John McRae, the tax assessor of Kemper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if cotton sent from Mobile, Alabama, for safekeeping during the Civil War is subject to the state tax.