From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Otho Naylor in Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Caroline M. Burnes at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on her inn be waived, as she is an impoverished widow. Burnes's petition is sworn before and witnessed by Probate Judge David Ames on July 28, 1865.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. Kramer in Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking permission to have his corn and fodder shipped by railroad.