From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Harris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting rations for sufferers along Deer Creek as backwater continues to rise.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending Dr. S. W. Hamilton as the physician of the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. P. Allen to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, submitting his opinion of the Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, Mr. William Sturges and stating that the Mayor would make an excellent choice to fill the position of Sheriff of Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from P. Lane to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Lane, a former principal teacher of the Mississippi Institute for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, writes to Alcorn to request a letter from him explaining his competency in running the affairs of the school. Lane is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, teaching at their school for the blind and is coming under fire from persons wishing his dismissal from said position.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from S. R. Jones and the trustees of a female boarding school at Preston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking permission to trade cotton with the United States Army in Memphis, Tennessee. (Letter is damaged).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Thomas S. Gathright, principal of the Summerville Institute in Gholson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking exemption from Confederate military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas S. Gathwright, Principal of the Summerville Institute at Gholson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to recommend him to the federal government for appointment as United States Marshal for the northern district of Mississippi. Gathwright names President F. A. P. Barnard of the Columbia College of New York as a reference. Gathwright asks for Sharkey's support before the position is given to someone else, and emphasizes he has a family to support.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George N. Seidlitz at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting a commission in the Confederate Army.