From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lock E. Houston at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, vouching for the loyalty of Silas F. Kendrick, the sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William F. Dowd at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, vouching for Silas F. Kendrick, the sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi, to not be removed from his position. Dowd attempts to controvert claims that Kendrick was a secessionist, and notes that Kendrick was not a United States judicial or military officer, nor a Congressman, at the outbreak of Civil War. As such, Dowd states, the exceptions to President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation do not apply to Kendrick.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff Silas F. Kendrick of Monroe County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his eligibility to hold the office of sheriff. Kendrick attempts to controvert claims made to Sharkey by friends of Kendrick's election opponent that alleged he was a secessionist and that he is exempt from President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation.