From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Noxubee County, Mississippi to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, asking for the pardon of Peter and Rocco Misso, indicted for selling liquors to minors. The pardon is included.

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. Letter from the members of the Mississippi Legislature to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending R. B. Stone for chancery judge of the ninth district.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from U. B. Tabor to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, complaining that he is having a hard time with his manufacturing business due to a prohibition of the sale of liquor, although the Board of Supervisors have issued a license to another company to sell liquor for medical purposes, he has even had to close down his mill.

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 Alcorn Collection. Publication titled Salt from the Onondaga Salt Company to the editor of the New York World.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from New York and Hartford Publishing Co. to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a written sketch of the Governor's life to be included in an upcoming publication concerning the life of Democrats in America.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Several tax receipts concerning Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, and a letter from D. H. Alcorn concerning a murder which took place on the Pettit and Cooper plantation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Philips writes to Hewson in response to his inquiry concerning an inmate whom Hewson called "James J. Fisher", but whom Philips identifies as J. J. Foster. The letter concerns money that had been paid to an attorney on behalf of the inmate.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. D. Stewart, Chief of Ordnance at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on the condition of his department.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from James M. Haynes at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning a blockade runner in Mobile, Alabama, that proposes to bring in goods for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter form J. Pearce at Nitta Yuma, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, offering his ideas on how to implement a system of free labor on Mississippi plantations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mr. Wesson estimating the cost of manufacturing clothes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the local militia company be allowed to remain in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas L. Brothers, President of the Board of Police in Wayne County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a company defaulting on their salt contract.

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 C. Johnson at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a job as a leatherworker for the state of Mississippi.

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 Grafton Baker at Enterprise, Mississippi,to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a contract to produce salt for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. Haynes and M. Tripp at Milledgeville, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a machine to make cotton cards.

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 Calvin Clements in Ashfordville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking exemptions from Confederate military service for the workers in his hat factory.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. P. Guyard regarding a plan to obstruct the Mississippi River with pilings.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William B. Mitchell at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning camp supplies for soldiers that he wishes to sell to the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Chief of Ordnance Samuel G. French at the Ordnance Office in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning black powder purchased by the state of Mississippi.