From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. G. Ames to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing the Governor that the Librarian of Congress will provide the state library with a "statistical atlas."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Lloyd of the Lloyd Map Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a quote for a map of the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Ohio State Librarian Samuel George Harbaugh to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, thanking for the state reports from the Ohio commissioners of the Mississippi State Library.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from New York and Hartford Publishing Co. to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a written sketch of the Governor's life to be included in an upcoming publication concerning the life of Democrats in America.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. Burwell at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating that Burwell has been taxed to the point of destitution. Burwell asks Alcorn for his assistance under compromise. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Burwell's letter. (Hewson's note appears to give the date of the letter as March 3, 1871. This may be an error, as Burwell's actual letter bears the date March 3, 1870).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Report from Mississippi State Librarian F. A. Whiting at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark in Macon, Mississippi, on the condition of the capitol and enclosing a catalog of the holdings of the Mississippi State Library. (Enclosed catalog is mdah_768-950-05-06).

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 Pettus Collection. Letter from James M. Howry at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, protesting that more buildings on the Univesity of Mississippi campus are about to be turned into hospitals.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. W. Caskey at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the running of the soldier's hospital in Oxford, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Trotter at Crystal Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Pettus recommend him for a commission in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richmond, Virginia, requesting copies of the published records of the Mississippi Secession Convention.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Attorney-General Judah Philip Benjamin, requesting "statutes, digests, and laws" of the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. L. Doty in Albany, New York, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting copies of the Governor's last annual message.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice E. M. Randall at Tallahassee, Florida, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a request of volumes for the Florida Supreme Court library.