From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to the Sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi, containing the remittance of the forfeiture against D. W. Jones and C. S. Bill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document containing the deposition of W. T. Blackmon in the case of J. B. Pate and R. R. Pate versus Morrison and Hamner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Affidavit from C. S. Bell to A. Hodge, containing notarized affidavit from a defendant in a case in Hinds County, Mississippi, stating why he was unable to make his court date.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John Deavours to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, clarifying the question of the Constitution which bars persons who held offices prior to the rebellion from holding offices afterwards. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Deavours's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from James M. Slevin to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, seeking an appointment as a Commissioner in the State of New York on behalf of the State of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from F. M. Price, concerning the deposition of Mr. Martin, Justice of the Peace in Warren County, Mississippi, concerning the theft of a horse by Felix Stone, a resident of Madison Parish, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Affidavit of N. J. Gilmer, notarized by Theophilus Harvey, justice of the peace of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning cotton that N. J. Gilmer was allegedly forced to sell to the Confederate States government and Gilmer's application for amnesty. The affidavit is dated July 18, 1865. Attached are additional statements from United States Army Captain Robert S. Richland and other citizens testifying to Holmes' position as a justice and to Gilmer's allegiance to the United States. The appended statements are variously dated July 18 and July 19, 1865.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, recommending Sidney Douglas of Mobile, Alabama, as a notary public. (This document is the enclosed letter mentioned in mdah_768-950-04-14).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Charles Nettleton at New York City, New York, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for the appointment as commissioner of deeds for Mississippi in New York.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Business card and letter from William Shannon at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for the appointment as commissioner of deeds for the state of Mississippi in New Orleans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James Graham at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting appointment as commissioner of deeds for the state of Mississippi. A Shepherd Brown endorses Graham's application.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Charles Stringer at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to be appointed commissioner of deeds for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas J. Beck at New Orleans, Louisiana, asking Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey to be appointed commissioner of deeds for the state of Mississippi in New Orleans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from G. Donnellan at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, acknowledging his appointment as a notary public for Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Affidavit containing the sworn statements and requests of Amelia Harnesberger in Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the cotton she sold to the Confederate government be returned. Hornesberger's statements explain that she feared that Confederate forces would destroy all her crops if she did not sell a portion of them to the Confederacy. Hornesberger reports that she was paid in Confederate bonds and notes for her cotton bales. She asks that the United States government see the sold cotton restored to her, and that she receive the benefits of the amnesty proclamation. The statements in this affidavit were recorded by and sworn before Theophilus Harvey, a magistrate and notary for Lowndes County.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Charles Nettleton at New York City, New York, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for the appointment as Commissioner of Deeds of Mississippi in New York.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John Livingston at New York City, New York, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, forwarding a copy of his law register and official directory.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from M. Emanuel at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting the Governor give his son-in-law an appointment as commissioner of deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John Livingston at New York City, New York, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting a list of the executive and judiciary of Mississippi for inclusion in the new law register and official directory for the United States. Livingston requests a list of counties, county towns, county judges, county clerks, and sheriffs.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas Sadler at New York City, New York, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting to appoint him commissioner of deeds of Mississippi for the state and county of New York. At the bottom of the page, Sadler's application is endorsed by Isaac Sherman.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Philip A. Hoyne in Chicago, Illinois, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting an appointment as commissioner of deeds for the State of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles Bancroft at Holmesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning a pardon for George W. Carr.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Receipt from Sidney T. Douglas at Mobile, Alabama, to E. H. Gregory for a bill of exchange drawn by E. H. Gregory.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Galland at Goodman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if a foreigner residing in Mississippi at the time of secession is a citizen of the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Q. Smith in Selma, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a request for the arrest of Charles Gaines, a fugitive from justice.