From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from P. B. Starke, Thos. W. Stinger, and T. J. Mitchell, members of a committee appointed to assess the affairs of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing the results of the committee's investigation into the condition of the penitentiary - including plantations leased by the penitentiary where some convicted persons, mostly African Americans, are made to perform labor - and its inmates. There are several pages of information concerning some inmates needing medical attention, some inmates whom the committee believed were improperly convicted, and recommended pardons or commutations of sentences. Appended are additional "special reports" concerning particular cases and persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Auditor Henry Musgrove to Mississippi Attorney General J. S. Morris, asking for clarification of Musgrove's duties and abilities to pay out expenditures approved by the Mississippi Militia commander-in-chief. On the reverse, Morris writes a reply to Musgrove. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Musgrove's letter.

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 March 1862.

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 February 1862.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Reuben Davis in Corinth, Mississippi, asking when a paymaster will arrive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James Alcorn in Union City, Tennessee, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he is moving his command to Grenada, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Reuben Davis in Corinth, Mississippi, concerning the movement of troops and the need for supplies for his men.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain James Gordon informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus he will leave for Richmond, Virginia, tomorrow, and asking for pay for his troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Bromley at Richmond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking payment for his time as Colonel of the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant L. Swanzy of the 2nd Mississippi State Cavalry in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the Governor's help to receive the back pay due him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Willis Barfield at Kilmichael, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining that local horse owners had not been compensated yet for their animals that were impressed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Receipt from Cobb, Manley and Company at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, for freight charges for a shipment of salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. Durham, postmaster of Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning money owed to captured men of Company K of the Confederate 4th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. F. Avent at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking when Avent will be appointed a paymaster in the Mississippi Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Maynadier at the United States Army Ordnance Office in Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the purchase of arms from the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, arsenal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from James Whitfield at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, stating he is the only funding agent of which he is aware in Mississippi and that he supposes that others will be appointed for various localities.