From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. G. Wall in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that he will reply to a letter from Randolph and Company of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from L. W. S. E. Franklin in Meridian, Mississippi to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, asking for protection from the Ku Klux Klan in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Copiah County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of Emanuel Selman, convicted of attempted rape. Endorsements and pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. P. Higgins to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning emigration in the area of Aberdeen, Mississippi. Document includes a newspaper clipping critical of Ames.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. V. Waddell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that the water is beginning to recede in Coahoma and Tunica Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James H. Hummel to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, forwarding a request for aid from Clarksville, Mississippi, in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. B. Avery to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, praising the Ames' stance on temperance.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter addressed "to the Editor of the Southron" criticizing the recipient for censuring Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames over his decision to grant a pardon. The letter is signed from "Veritas."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the shooting death of F. P. Hilliard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John D. Woods at Scooba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting Alcorn intervene in a situation involving the justices of the peace in an attempt to bring order to the way arrests are being made in the county. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving an executive summary of Woods's letter.

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 Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. W. C. Watson, a former Confederate senator, at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, congratulating him on being named provisional governor and asking his help in obtaining a federal amnesty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John McDonald at Philadelphia, Mississippi, to Colonel E. Surget, concerning the large number of deserters from the Confederate Army serving in the Mississippi militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Notes by Mississippi Governor Charles Clark written at Macon, Mississippi, between January 20, 1865, and February 20, 1865, concerning a proclamation convening the Mississippi Legislature to be published in Holmesville Independent Newspaper.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. B. Bacon at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to send important news and proclamations to the newspaper of Picayune, Mississippi, of which he is an editor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Editor B. F. Jones at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that a copy of the Internal Revenue Act be sent to him so that it can be published in the newspaper.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George W. Harper, editor of the "Hinds County Gazette" at Raymond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for a job appointment so that he can raise enough money to start up his newspaper again. Harper states that he has a large family to support, and has lost his property, the newspaper, and workers whom he formerly enslaved. To support his cause, Harper notes that he was a previous candidate for the Mississippi Secretary of State in 1860, in which he lost to Charles Albert Brougher by 2,000 state votes but had 149 more than Brougher in Raymond.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from D. C. Greenwood at Scooba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for the appointment as United States Marshal for Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sarah Heiderhoff at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Sharkey appoint her husband, F. Heiderhoff, as a lighthouse keeper on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for the appointment of Thomas D. Harris as sheriff of Rankin County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John Armstrong, assistant editor of the Daily Clarion newspaper in Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending W. H. Cain, Jr., for a job with the Southern Railroad of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John Dowling in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, congratulating him on his appointment as Provisional Governor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from former Confederate General William R. Peck at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Judge William L. Sharkey, requesting assistance in obtaining amnesty from President Andrew Johnson after being paroled by General Smith, as he is unable to present himself in Washington, District of Columbia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James Phelan in Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting approval of his application for pardon, and explaining his personal reasons for supporting secession and the Confederacy during the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List of charges from the Southwestern Telegraph Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for telegrams sent in January 1861.