From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the Firm of Clapp, Gates and Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the manufacture of tarpley carbines for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. A. Philips at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning techniques for welding iron.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from David Pemble in Amite County, Mississippi, concerning the collecting of iron to be made into artillery shells.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips of the Mississippi State Penitentiary to O. H. Crandall, recommending a pardon for William Brennan.