From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James R. Cavett to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing attempts to settle dispute between Noxubee County, Mississippi, supervisors and Sheriff W. M. Conner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Franklin C. Hender in Charlotte, Michigan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting $95 for the expense of jailing Charles E. Davis, a fugitive who had since died.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. B. Allgood to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, in response to a previous letter from Ames regarding taxes on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Green to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis for pardon of R. K. Byrns, indicted for embezzlement.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. F. H. Claiborne to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to intervene in the trial concerning a duel in Hancock County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Remittance of damages in cases of tax collectors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Harry Murphy to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, questioning the letter Alcorn sent to the sheriffs concerning the collection of taxes. Murphy also makes mention of the outrageous behavior of the Ku Klux Klan.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving his opinion on the legality of some printing contracts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Levi Roberts, tax assessor of Marshall County, Mississippi, at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking for instructions on collecting the state tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. Kern at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking that he be refunded for part of the tax issued on his small grocery store. Sheriff O. Metcalfe of Adams County, Mississippi, supports Kern's claim that the tax would have been reduced before collection if Metcalfe had the authority at the time to do so.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Ely R. Jones, deputy assessor for Jefferson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for a bill of instructions.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from William Gordon at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the appointment for Assessor and Collector of Internal Revenue for Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Eliza Kraus at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that her business tax be refunded, as she fell ill and had to close the establishment. On the reverse, several citizens of Vicksburg endorse Kraus's petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William J. Keller, tax assessor of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving his report on the collection of taxes in Wilkinson County.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. H. Wilburn, tax assessor of DeSoto County, Mississippi, at Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his resignation from office, as he is moving to Memphis, Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff E. C. Eggleston of Lowndes County, Mississippi, at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, explaining that his tax report will be late because he is in the middle of a re-election campaign.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. J. Brener and A. L. McKay at Bolton's Depot, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on their business be remitted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Robert H. Felder, the tax collector of Pike County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking questions in relation to the state tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John McRae, tax assessor of Kemper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about tax exemptions.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Hancock County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending individuals to the positions of judge of the probate court, clerk of the circuit and probate courts, sheriff, and tax collector and assessor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Josiah Atkinson in Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived. Atkinson states that he has a "considerable" family to support, and has previously lost almost everything he owned to a house fire, and was kept from working manual labor because of a fractured leg.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Hemingway at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending that Sam Coleburn be removed as tax assessor, alleging that Coleburn is often intoxicated and neglecting his duties.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Crump, John W. C. Watson, H. W. Walter, and James Fort at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Carrington Mason for the position of Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Northern District of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Otho Naylor in Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James B. McLelland at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning cotton purchased by David Wragg before his death.