From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from G. A. Watkins, a resident of West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting information from Alcorn concerning the goings on within their county, as the African-American community has been scattered throughout the county and are not well informed on its business.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed circular from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, publishing the instructions for giving the amnesty oath by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward at Washington, District of Columbia

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Affidavit of N. J. Gilmer, notarized by Theophilus Harvey, justice of the peace of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning cotton that N. J. Gilmer was allegedly forced to sell to the Confederate States government and Gilmer's application for amnesty. The affidavit is dated July 18, 1865. Attached are additional statements from United States Army Captain Robert S. Richland and other citizens testifying to Holmes' position as a justice and to Gilmer's allegiance to the United States. The appended statements are variously dated July 18 and July 19, 1865.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from former Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the effort to return Confederate deserters to their commands.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of the Interior James Harlan at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, transmitting five hundred copies of President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation. Harlan states he is also transmitting copies of Johnson's proclamation appointing provisional governors for the states formerly in rebellion. (Copies of proclamations not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from T. V. Noland at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking Sharkey's aid in obtaining a job to work while he awaits the reopening of the courts so that he may practice law.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mayor Kinloch Falconer of Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking if his election as mayor was legal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John C. Hamblen, tax assessor of Madison County, Mississippi, in Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the confiscation of cotton belonging to C. W. Wood.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. G. Baptist, justice of the peace at West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the powers of United States Treasury agents.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. R. Smith at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for the appointment as postmaster of Meridian, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from N. R. Sledge in Sardis, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if it was necessary for him to apply for a presidential pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas Rigby at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's help for residents of the city who have had property seized by the government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from C. Macon Thompson of Lafayette County, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson, asking for pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. S. Buck at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his client, R. B. Scott, who sued in civil court to get back his plantation that had been leased by the United States Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Probate Judge Thomas H. Davis of Monroe County, Mississippi, at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his administering the amnesty oath to Silas F. Kendrick, the sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from B. F. Moore Jr., a former slaveholder, at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, refusing to take the amnesty oath. Moore states that he has always been a loyal Unionist who never willingly aided the Confederacy. He complains about the emancipation of enslaved persons, claiming that said persons are his "property" and that the government cannot take them from a loyal citizen without financial compensation. Moore believes that taking the amnesty oath would amount to admitting to treason and thus to waiving his claims for financial compensation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William F. Dowd at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, vouching for Silas F. Kendrick, the sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi, to not be removed from his position. Dowd attempts to controvert claims that Kendrick was a secessionist, and notes that Kendrick was not a United States judicial or military officer, nor a Congressman, at the outbreak of Civil War. As such, Dowd states, the exceptions to President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation do not apply to Kendrick.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff Silas F. Kendrick of Monroe County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his eligibility to hold the office of sheriff. Kendrick attempts to controvert claims made to Sharkey by friends of Kendrick's election opponent that alleged he was a secessionist and that he is exempt from President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. W. Bonds, probate clerk at Hillsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if postmasters are allowed to take the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John Taylor Moore at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, forwarding his application to President Andrew Johnson for pardon and asking Sharkey's advice on how to lease his land to white laborers.

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. Letter from Fred Parsons at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if loyal Northern businessmen living in Mississippi have to take the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from former Confederate Brigadier General C. W. Sears at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting Sharkey's approval of his application for a special amnesty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from B. F. Jones at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if justices of the peace are authorized to administer the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from an unidentified writer at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, complaining that all of the county officers are former secessionists.