From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John W. Young to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting names and addresses of persons involved with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Item includes an attached copy of a news article from the Natchez Tri-Weekly Democrat concerning the Vidalia, Alexandria & Texas Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from F. M. White, president of the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, introducing Montgomery Lynch, a civil engineer. White asks for Lynch to be considered to take the survey of the Vicksburg and Memphis Railroad. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of White's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Milton Brown, president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and L. J. Fleming, superintendent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, asking that corn be transported to the starving families of their county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting ten days rations to be issued for a detachment of bridge builders working on the Southern Railroad at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, the Sub-District commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from G. Donnellan at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, acknowledging his appointment as a notary public for Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter by A. S. Livermore, the superintendent of the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a new railroad bridge being built across the Tallahatchie River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brigadier General J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning wood for building bridges for the railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Pleasant to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning exemptions from Confederate military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. F. McKeon in Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting a position as Confederate military engineer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Sixth annual report of the superintendent and physician of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. W. Marshall to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus regarding the annual report of swamp lands in Choctaw County, Mississippi.