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Petition to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis; December 21, 1874
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis for the pardon of Henry Ford who was convicted of "going into a dwelling house for some unknown purpose at night".
Letter from R. R. Chilton to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis; September 21, 1874
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. R. Chilton to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, requesting pardon for Chilton for selling spirituous liquors.
Letter from T. S. West to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; January 27, 1871
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from T. S. West to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. West writes to Alcorn to inform him of a movement within Wayne County, Mississippi, to remove A. Taylor as Deputy Sheriff and establish drinking saloons. West gives his views on this person and the efforts to have him removed. West strongly recommends against Taylor's removal.
Executive document from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; October 19, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Executive document from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing his response to the petition for executive clemency for Creed Taylor, in which he commutes Taylor's sentence of death to life imprisonment. (This document is a response to mdah_786-971-05-10).
Petition from E. D. Clark and R. Booth to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; October 15, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from E. D. Clark and R. Booth, counsel for Creed Taylor, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting clemency for Taylor, who was convicted of the 1868 murder of Henry Markham. (Alcorn's response to this petition is mdah_786-971-05-12).
Letter from F. W. Keyes to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 15, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from F. W. Keyes at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, offering suggestions as to how the state militia should be organized.
Letter from L. Julienne; May 22, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from L. Julienne at Jackson, Mississippi, to an unnamed "friend", discussing personal matters and describing his views on life in occupied Natchez, Mississippi.
Ration return; August 11, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting five days rations to be issued to a detachment of enlisted men from the 50th, 52nd, and 53rd United States Colored Infantry Regiments on special duty as orderlies, messengers, and cooks at Sub-District Headquarters 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.
Ration return of Major Alfred Hodsden; August 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Major Alfred Hodsden, 2nd Louisiana Infantry (United States), requesting five days rations to be issued for the men of his command at Brookhaven, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.
Ration return of Assistant Surgeon W. F. Fisher; August 16, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Assistant Surgeon W. F. Fisher, 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting five days rations to be issued for the regimental hospital at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Major A. E. Barnes commanding the 50th United States Colored Infantry and Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.
Ration return of Major A. Hodson; July 11, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Major A. Hodson, 2nd Regiment Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for the men of his command at Brookhaven, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.
Ration return of Lieutenant Louis Mitchell; July 11, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Lieutenant Louis Mitchell, requesting rations to be issued for the civil employees in the Quartermaster Department at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.
Ration return of Lieutenant Louis Mitchell; July 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Lieutenant Louis Mitchell, requesting rations to be issued for civil employees of the United States government and detailed soldiers in the Quartermaster Department at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Assistant Adjutant General W. A. Gordon, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.
Letter from E. A. Pierce to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, July 16; 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. A. Pierce in Shieldsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning one of his enslaved persons that he leased to the Confederate Navy.
Letter from J. W. Cooper to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 16, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Cooper requesting an extension for his furlough as he was needed as overseer on a plantation.
Letter from F. Hansman; September 13, 1868
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from F. Hansman, Sergeant of the Guard of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, regarding the favorable prison record of Frank Wharton, an African-American freedman.