From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. P. Merrill to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for help after armed men seized his ginhouse and terrorized his family and his employees.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Columbus, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Calvin Harmon, who was convicted of horse theft. Judge's endorsement enclosed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of Mississippians exempted from the amnesty proclamation of May 1865 but who were granted special presidential pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. O. Banks to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis requesting a pardon of Calvin Harmon, convicted of grand larceny.

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 George Rodgers in Chicago, Illinois to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, including a business proposal for plantations worked by Chinese laborers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document containing the deposition of W. T. Blackmon in the case of J. B. Pate and R. R. Pate versus Morrison and Hamner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legislative document from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to the Mississippi Legislature, concerning money and land grants to aid in the construction of levees in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. He explains that it is important for the revival of the cotton industry and he makes reference to it's standing in the global cotton economy, specifically noting the Manchester Cotton Supply Association as competition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. G. Moore, the warden of the Alabama Penitentiary at Wetumpka, Alabama, to Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts, reporting on the prisoners from Mississippi whom the Alabama Penitentiary is temporarily holding. Then-Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus ordered that these prisoners be transferred from the Mississippi State Penitentiary to Alabama in 1863 through an agreement with then-Alabama Governor John G. Shorter. M. G. Moore's letter consists of handwritten copies of correspondence between Pettus, Shorter, Moore, and the Alabama Penitentiary board of inspectors regarding the transfer of the Mississippi prisoners as well as questions about the legality of Shorter's right to accept the prisoners and whether they can require the prisoners to perform labor. Moore intersperses brief explanations about these circumstances and his own actions throughout the letter. Appended to the letter is a receipt for prisoner-related expenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Judge Advocate R. J. Morgan at Demopolis, Alabama, to Confederate Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, offering an opinion on the legality of trading cotton with the United States Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. P. McMillan at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, proposing to furnish cotton and wool cards to the state of Mississippi. (This document is the enclosed letter mentioned in mdah_768-949-05-52).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John Condon at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Columbus, Mississippi, offering to sell cotton and wool cards to the state of Mississippi at $10.00 per pair, if he is allowed to ship 3,000 bales of cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel James B. McRae at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering to supply ten thousand pairs of cotton or woolen cards in exchange for cotton bales. McRae advises any response to be sent to Buckatunna, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Houston Taylor at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Columbus, Mississippi, offering to trade cotton and wool cards for bales of cotton delivered to him on the Mississippi Central Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from B. B. Wilkinson at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering to serve as an agent for the purchase of cotton cards for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Stephen Castleman at Ashland, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, denying that he ever held any cotton for Mrs. Rose.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from M. Shannon at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the tax on small grocery stores.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George Whitfield at Columbus, Mississippi, to Major Livingston Mims, asking him to introduce J. W. Field and Harrison Johnston to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry A. Garvey in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to trade war material for cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. M. Johnson in Monroe County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about the distilleries operating in Monroe County.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from I. Applewhite in Columbia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a position as an enrolling officer in the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, drawing up a business agreement with Adolphus Minuet to exchange cotton for salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to C. Steele concerning the exchange of cotton for salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Isaac Applewhite at Columbia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need for mounted rangers to police local African Americans and disaffected citizens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor at Selma, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, informing Clark that he can turn state cotton over to Major Sanders for supplies.