From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William B. Trotter in Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering Pettus advice on military tactics and seeking a position in the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Maitpouy to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking Pettus to pardon Nolan Turner, a resident of Yazoo City, Mississippi.