From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from State Geologist Eugene W. Hilgard at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving a summary of his actions during the war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. C. Clarke in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his bookshop be reduced.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus from H. O. R., the author of the book "The Governing Race," which argues that slavery is in accordance with Christian teachings.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of State Hamilton Fish at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, enclosing a translated letter from Vicomte de Faverney, the Charge d'Affaires of France, requesting copies of laws in the United States related to printing and bookselling.