From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to the United States Postmaster General, recommending Turner H. Lane as the Postmaster of Holly Springs, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from L. B. Bains at Wahalak Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's endorsement of an enclosed petition from citizens of Kemper County, Mississippi, to United States Postmaster General William Dennison. The enclosed petition recommends Bains to be appointed as the local postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Copiah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that O. H. Johnson be appointed postmaster of Hazlehurst, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Joseph A. Barrow for a position in the postal service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George W. McLellan, United States Second Assistant Postmaster General, at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, enclosing an advertisement inviting proposals for carrying the United States mail. (Enclosed advertisement not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Second Assistant Postmaster General George W. McLellan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing advertisements for proposals from individuals interesting in carrying the mail in Mississippi. McLellan asks Sharkey to run the ad in a suitable newspaper. He also states he is enclosing a circular with instructions for the publisher. (Enclosed advertisements and circular not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George W. McLellan, United States Second Assistant Postmaster General, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that Postmaster General William Dennison has ordered daily mail service on the Southern Railroad of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Dan R. Russell at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending William Saunders for the position of town postmaster. Russell encloses a letter from Saunders to the United States Second Assistant Postmaster General at Washington, District of Columbia, applying for said position. Russell asks for Sharkey's approval of the enclosed application.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petitions from citizens of Flewellyn's Crossroads in DeSoto County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking that a post office be established in their town and that James A. Harris be appointed as town postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from citizens of Ripley, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that he recommend to Postmaster General William Dennison, that Charles P. Miller be named as local postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James F. Trotter and William M. Compton to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing for Sharkey's endorsement a petition from citizens of Holly Springs, Mississippi, to United States Postmaster General William Dennison. The enclosed petition, dated August 10, 1865, requests that Clement Reid be appointed postmaster of the town.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas Haynes at Shuqualak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing a letter sent to United States Postmaster General William Dennison. (Enclosed letter not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Shuqualak, Mississippi, to an F. P. Blair, addressed as Postmaster General of the United States, asking that a post office be established there and that Thomas Haynes be named postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from citizens of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to United States Third Assistant Postmaster General Alexander N. Zevely, asking C. P. Elgin be appointed as local mail agent of Corinth, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Burnett at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's recommendation as agent to establish postal routes in Mississippi. Burnett states that he is making his request at the suggestion of United States Postmaster General William Dennison.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Okolona, Mississippi, to United States Postmaster General William Dennison, recommending N. B. Williams to be local postmaster if the post office is reestablished at their town.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sam Boyd at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Judge William Burnet for a government job.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from C. P. Elgin at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his application to be local mail agent of Corinth in light of Postmaster General William Dennison resuming the postal service in the South.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from H. J. Reeves at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, expressing his desire to remain as postmaster of the town, a position to which he was appointed by military authorities in the aftermath of the Civil War. On the reverse, Reeves's petition is endorsed by multiple citizens of Brandon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Attala County, Mississippi, to United States Postmaster General William Dennison, recommending Colonel S. Durham for postmaster at Kosciusko, Mississippi, a position he has held for twelve years.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. W. C. Watson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending James Sims to be appointed as general mail agent for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Jefferson County, Mississippi, to the Postmaster of the United States, William Dennison, requesting that George McMurchy be appointed postmaster of Fayette, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Yazoo City, Mississippi, to United States Postmaster General William Dennison, asking to have Seaborn Pierce named postmaster of the city.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Yazoo City, Mississippi, to United States Postmaster General William Dennison, asking to have Seaborn Pierce named Postmaster of the city.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of DeSoto County, Mississippi, to Postmaster General William Dennison, asking that the post office in Hernando, Mississippi, be reestablished, and recommending Cornelius Gillespie to be postmaster.