From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Newspaper, containing a clipping from the Daily Mississippi Pilot, April 10, 1874.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Report from J. H. McDonald on his sales of spirituous liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark that output at the distillery will be reduced because of a flood.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Dr. E. H. Anderson be pardoned for allegedly illegally selling spirituous liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert C. Miller, clerk of the Mississippi House of Representatives at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, enclosing a resolution concerning liquor manufacturing.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving a report on the operation of his distillery.

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 effort to destroy allegedly illegal stills on the Mississippi and Alabama border.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from several county officials and employees of Copiah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, certifying that Samuel H. Aby was qualified to serve as dispenser of liquor for medicinal purposes in Copiah County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Certificate from Thomas C. Atkins, W. H. Harvey, and J. T. Killough of Choctaw County, Mississippi, giving a bond certification for their license to distill spirituous liquors for medicinal purposes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to the sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi, concerning the destruction of stills in that county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff B. F. Brown of Simpson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking questions about the tax on cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas D. Morgan at Summit, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Sharkey make provisions so that they be relieved from so many "whiskey nuisances."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. C. Mosby at Lauderdale Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus who is seeking permission to distill whiskey for medicinal purposes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James S. Hamm and Samuel M. Meek at Louisville, Mississippi. concerning the case against Daniel Emmons for selling liquor without a license.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Orrick and Landers at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi John Jones Pettus asking permission to distill alcohol for use as medicine.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph M. Barry at Durant, Mississippi, requesting a permit from the Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to make 100 gallons of rye whiskey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Bellefontaine, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that T. P. Macon and Dr. E. McGuire be allowed to run a still.

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 state representative for Winston County, Mississippi, William T. Lewis, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, informing on J. M. Gregory, who runs a distillery and is a Unionist.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Dyer at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing James Morris, who wishes to make spirits for the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. M. Henderson at Marion, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need of Confederate soldiers' families having food.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John D. Bush in Prairie Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for permission to make corn whiskey to sell to the Confederate Army for medical purposes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Myers at Durant, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting permission to distill alcohol.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. Edge, Jr. in Rienzi, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for permission to sell liquor in small quantities.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from W. A. Strong at Vaiden, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, informing Clark that Strong's distiller is sick, and asking him to send Hughes from Enterprise, Mississippi. Strong also says he will be sending whiskey to Brandon, Mississippi, and Macon, Mississippi, that Tuesday.