From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Lieutenant and Sub Commissioner of Freedmen James H. Smith, requesting five days rations to be issued for Private C. G. Austin of the 33rd Illinois Infantry, on duty with the Freedmen's Bureau at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen James H. Smith, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue seven days rations to one soldier in the 33rd Illinois Infantry on duty in the Post Headquarters at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that W. P. Davis be named postmaster for the town.