From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Starkville, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of multiple convicts involved in the building of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from A. C. Seals and Taylor to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for a pardon for fraud.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. P. Higgins to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning emigration in the area of Aberdeen, Mississippi. Document includes a newspaper clipping critical of Ames.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from D. N. Quinn, a sworn statement detailing misappropriation of funds. Document includes a statement from Chancellor E. Hill, vouching for the testimony.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document containing a contract between the Mississippi State Penitentiary and the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road to supply inmates for labor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Publication titled Salt from the Onondaga Salt Company to the editor of the New York World.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John R. Hicks M. D. to Henry Herron, requesting that Herron speak to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to get his approval to move forward with building a brick ward to accommodate the female patients at the hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. V. Shepherd to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that the county supervisors have passed an order making all state certificates receivable for all county dues. Shepherd notes that some of the certificates are held by persons in neighboring states and the contractors who have worked on the new courthouse for Tippah County, Mississippi are demanding the remainder of their pay.

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 Abraham Murdoch, John K. Ottley, and William M. Tagart at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning a contract to provide the state of Mississippi with cotton cards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate Major Livingston Mims, concerning a contract with Mr. Bowles to provide cotton cards, medicine, and other supplies for families of Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the work of Mississippi salt agents in Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Contract between the firm of Bowles, Edmonson, and Company and Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to supply the state of Mississippi with cotton and wool cards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. M. Dowling to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his proposal to supply Mississippi with wool and cotton cards.

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 Pettus Collection. Letter from the Firm of Clapp, Gates and Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the manufacture of tarpley carbines for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Legal document from C. C. Yates naming the employees of his company that are necessary for fulfilling a contract with the Mississippi Ordnance Department.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Legal Document from C. C. Yates, naming the employees of his company that are necessary for fulfilling a contract with the Ordnance Department.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles Bonner, a surgeon at St. Thomas Hall Hospital in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the additions made to the hospital.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Turner at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus reporting on his investigations at the Alabama salt works.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. A. Brougher, the Mississippi Secretary of State, to A. J. Gillespie concerning a bond needed for printing the laws of the state of Mississippi.

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 R. P. Guyard regarding a plan to obstruct the Mississippi River with pilings.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Irvin M. Fortinberry at Marion County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if he has to serve in the state militia.