From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. Butt Hewson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting copies of two documents concerning John M. Powell.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. B. Wade at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting the Governor's help in obtaining a military position for "General Hornsby."