From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lockhart Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking to release Burwell Jones.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Phil H. Gully at Kemper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking a pardon for Burwell Jones, convicted of trading with an enslaved person.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain H. B. Deekes at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to an unnamed Major, concerning the alleged misconduct of Captain Pierce, who was raising a company of state troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his proposal to force county officials to aid in arresting alleged Confederate Army deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from the firm of Baskerville, Whitfield, and Company at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning their contract to supply cotton cards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. A. Dowty, M. A. C. Kelsh, John Streker, B. Foley, and A. Bell at Fort Adams, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the taxes on their businesses be reduced.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from S. R. Fant at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the business tax be waived, as he is a wounded veteran trying to get back to his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from James P. Dancer in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that his business tax be remitted because he believes the amount of goods he traded is too small to qualify as a business, and because the tax of fifty dollars will "more than equal" the profit he made from sales.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Septoba Evans in Itawamba County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting authority to raise a militia company and try alleged thieves by jury.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James E. Semple at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking the appointment of commissioner for Mississippi in the state of Tennessee. Semple was originally appointed by Mississippi Governor William McWillie and reappointed by Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus. The Civil War prevented another renewal to the position. Semple has taken the oath of allegiance, and did not participate in the war due to nearsightedness caused by a disease of his eyes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. Hewett at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the establishment of local government in Natchez so that schools can be reopened for city children. Hewett's letter is dated August 3, 1865, but he adds a postscript on the reverse dated August 4, 1865.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from T. C. Tupper at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the merchant tax on his son's business be reduced or eliminated. On the reverse, Will J. Bailey endorses Tupper's request.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lyman Abbott, secretary of the American Union Commission in New York, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, informing Sharkey of the objectives of his organization, which is to aid the states devastated by the Civil War. Enclosed is a circular stating the commission's objectives.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the state tax on the business of Jesse W. Bryan be waived, as he is destitute and has a large family to support, including several orphans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from B. D. Castleman and W. J. D. Winton at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on their business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from A. Q. Withers in Panola, Mississippi, asking for transportation for a lot of bacon, lard and vinegar.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry A. Garvey in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to trade war material for cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John E. Warmack, a soldier in the 21st Mississippi Infantry at Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Mississippi John Jones Pettus seeking to be detailed back to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi militia Brigadier General J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the trade in contraband between Memphis, Tennessee, and North Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James S. Miller at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing the Governor of local people trading with United States forces at New Orleans, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jonathan M. Gartland at Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the needs for heavy guns and enslaved workers to complete the defenses at Haynes Bluff.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John M. Grant at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking permission to form a partisan ranger company for state service. Grant lists Judges Israel Welsh and William L. Harris and Confederate Brigadier General Reuben Davis as references.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Resolutions passed by the citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, concerning the need for more men to join the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Wyatt Eppes in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a pardon for his son-in-law, James Robinson, who killed a man.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Sixth annual report of the superintendent and physician of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum.