From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from Wm. Bolton and several residents of Washington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, seeking a pardon for Woodson Baldwin, an African-American man, who was convicted for attempted theft and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and a $200 fine.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of an unidentified person named Green, requesting rations to be issued to guards at the bakery at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the business tax of Cornelius Gillespie be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from M. Shannon at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the tax on small grocery stores.