From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from James Watts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing to ask if he is disqualified as being eligible to hold the office of justice of the peace, and if so asks that his letter be considered as his official resignation from said office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from Tennessee Governor DeWitt Clinton Senter to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending a affidavit copy of the above warrant for the arrest of several fugitives from the State of Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from Tennessee Governor DeWitt Clinton Senter to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the arrest of several men who are fugitives from justice from the State of Tennessee and thought to be in Mississippi. Document also names the individuals sought and the agent of Tennessee whom Governer Senter has authorized to apprehend them.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John Deavours to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, clarifying the question of the Constitution which bars persons who held offices prior to the rebellion from holding offices afterwards. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Deavours's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Franklin B. Hough to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing to request another copy of the seal of the state to be included in a presentation on the constitutions of every state. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Hough's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from Louisiana Governor H. C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending an order of extradition for William E. Brewer who is a fugitive wanted for murder in the State of Louisiana. The order asks that Brewer to be turned over to E.L. Whitney or his agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing to recommend the Rev. I. W. Hill to the Board of Free School Directors of Choctaw County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to both the House of Representatives and the Senate covering numerous topics.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from George Wood and C. Halley to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, of a meeting at the courthouse of Jackson County, Mississippi, where a resolution of support was issued for the administration of Alcorn.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. R. McLaurin to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, expressing his views of the school funding laws and voicing his thoughts that the funds are not being spent appropriately.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).

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 Sharkey Collection. Undated list naming persons who are to have all legal and political disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment, by reason of their participation in the late rebellion, removed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Printed proclamation from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to the sheriffs of Mississippi ordering them to hold an election on June 19, 1865, to choose delegates to a state convention.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Abraham K. Smedes at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to former Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking Clark's help to have United States Army soldiers removed from his home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States President Andrew Johnson at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, urging Sharkey to have the new state constitution extend voting rights to free persons of color who can read the United States constitution and write their names as well as those who own real estate property valued at $150.00 and pay taxes on said property.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Georgia Governor Rufus B. Bullock at Atlanta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, transmitting a copy of Georgia's joint resolution ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The copy is certified by Georgia Secretary of State David G. Cotting.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Deposition of voter registration from R. K. Byrn of Shiloh, Mississippi. Document includes an attached National Union Republican state electoral ticket with some candidate names crossed out. The word "for" in the Republican slogan "for the Constitution" is also crossed out and replaced with the word "against." Also attached is a fragment of a note from clerk A. M. Green.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Deposition of voter registration from G. G. Anderson of Yazoo City, Mississippi.Document includes an attached National Union Republican state electoral ticket with some candidate names crossed out. The word "for" in the Republican slogan "for the Constitution" is also crossed out and replaced with the word "against."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Deposition of voter registration from G. B. Keinbell of Ripley, Mississippi. Document includes an attached National Union Republican state electoral ticket with some candidate names crossed out. The word "for" in the Republican slogan "for the Constitution" is also crossed out and replaced with the word "against."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Ohio Governor Rutherford B. Hayes at Columbus, Ohio, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, transmitting a copy of a joint resolution passed by the Ohio General Assembly rejecting the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The copy of the resolution is certified by Ohio Secretary of State Isaac R. Sherwood.