From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. R. Smith to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, enclosing a report on investigation into improper withholding of funds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William B. Avery to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting more counties added to his list as state agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John A. Hall to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames with a list of New Jersey state officers. Letter also asks for list of state legislators' addresses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from F. Heiderhoff in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of William Dunbridge, convicted of assault and battery. Pardon attached.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Colonel Samuel Thomas of the Freedmen's Bureau to General H. W. Slocum, commander of the department of Mississippi, concerning the case of J. D. Collier, whose lease of an abandoned land is being challenged by the previous owner. (Document is related to mdah_776-960-01-09.)

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 Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Colonel James D. Stewart, ordering him to proceed to Richmond, Virginia, and pick up Confederate bonds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, requesting payment of $15,000 to James L. Heggie for operation of a distillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Ike S. Robinson in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark of the suspected plans of the United States Army in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Nine copies of a printed circular from the Supervising Special Agent William W. Orme of the United States Treasury Department at Memphis, Tennessee, concerning the gathering and control of captured or surrendered cotton in Mississippi and Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from United States Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the disposition of Confederate cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, to Hugh McCulloch, United States Secretary of the Treasury, asking if Treasury agents have the right to take any cotton with a doubtful title.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Pastor Joseph B. Stratton at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending William Burnet to organize the mail service for the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sam Boyd at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Judge William Burnet for a government job.