From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Nesbit to Mississippi Attorney General George E. Harris, requesting reward for the capture of the alleged murderer of David Garrett. Newspaper article included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas J. Norton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting assistance in getting a pardon from the Governor of Indiana, Conrad Baker. Norton has been in the Indiana penitentiary since 1865, his sentence having been extended after his recapture following his escape in 1867.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Expense report from L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, to J. K. Stephenson, submitted for railroad fares, horse rentals, and other expenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Contract of John M. Lyles, offering to supply the state of Mississippi with 2,000 pairs of cotton cards per month. On the reverse, several citizens endorse Lyles.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from an unnamed person (possibly Z. A. Philips, general salt agent for Mississippi) onboard the steamboat "Admiral" to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of Mississippi's convicts for labor in Alabama. (mdah_768-949-06-33 is the "enclosed document" referred to.)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving a report on the operation of his distillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letters from Joshua Green and A. MacFarland, both at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, on the same document, concerning the use of enslaved persons as teamsters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi Salt Works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the efforts of government officials to impress his enslaved labor force.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi state salt works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining that impressing agents were allegedly attempting to take the workers at the facility.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. M. Dowling to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his proposal to supply Mississippi with wool and cotton cards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. M. Dowling at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his proposal to supply the state with wool and cotton cards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting five days rations to be issued to a detachment of seven men from the 50th United States Colored Infantry on duty at headquarters at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, commanding the Sub-District of Jackson, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain G. L. Heaton, Chief Quartermaster of the District of Mississippi at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting rations to be issued for use by men in the employ of a Lieutenant Young engaged in drawing bridge timber on the railroad at the Big Black River. The return is approved by Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, the Jackson Sub-District commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Major A. Hodson, 2nd Regiment Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for the men of his command at Brookhaven, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. S. Pattison at Milldale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the consolidation of the militia units serving near Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. M. White, president of the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, in Sardis, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, explaining why he cannot supply enslaved people to work as teamsters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. Walton in Sardis, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, explaining why he has not furnished enslaved people to work as teamsters.