From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, the general salt agent for Mississippi, to B. M. Woolsey, salt commissioner for Alabama, concerning the mining of salt in Alabama for the people of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames. A requisition for the capture and return of Thomas Mauderson to Alabama to face charges of assault with intent to murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles A. Atkinson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging Ames' request for finances of Alabama, and stating that the request was forwarded to other offices for response.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from L. M. Wofford to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing the requisition for the capture and return of William Reed to Alabama to face charges of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff of Sunflower County, Mississippi J. D. Ringer to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, listing overflow sufferers in Sunflower County.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from T. J. White to the Sheriff of Noxubee County, Mississippi., containing an order to seize Haywood Vance and keep him until he can be transferred to the penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon for Richard Gilliam, convicted of forgery. Includes recommendation against the pardon by Judge Boone.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a requisition for the arrest of John Johnson and his return to Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from L. M. Wofford to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames for a requisition for Lowndes County, Mississippi, for the return of two fugitives to Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Richard F. Harrison to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a drawbridge on the Pearl River on behalf of the New Orleans and Mobile Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. B. Avery to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting Ames take action to bring Frank McDonald back to Mississippi to be tried for the murder of Joshua Lucas in 1871. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of Avery's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Affidavit of D. Y. Howell given to Oliver Clifton, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, stating that Willis Johnson, a.k.a. Willis Jackson, stole money from Mrs. E. Y. Wall and requests that a warrant for his arrest be made. He also states that Johnson/Jackson may have fled to Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from C. A. Johnston to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking that Alcorn appoint him to represent the State at the next stockholders meeting of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from William S. Patton, including several items stuck together from Lauderdale County, Mississippi, concerning the deposition of W. S. Patton and his statement of how he came to find the bodies of several men of color who had been murdered.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Two letters and a sworn statement from C. M. Thomas, W. A. M. Hemy, and A. J. Shipman to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning an escapee from the jail of Noxubee County, Mississippi. Thomas writes to say that he had investigated the incident which was first reported as having been an abduction of a prisoner with the "help" of the guards on duty by masked men; however Thomas says that this was false and the prisoner escaped from the jail by jumping out of a window. Additional correspondance details the other accounts of the incident.

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 Albert Snowden to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the Meridian Riot and Board of Aldermen. Snowden notes that there is racial tension.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens and civil officers of Clarke County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that S. S. Mellen, principal of the Goodman Institute, be discharged from the 1st regiment, Mississippi State Troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Captain J. Warren Miller at Meridian, Mississippi, to Z. A. Philips, concerning the transfer of the Mississippi State Salt Agency records, funds, and property to the federal government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from B. M. Woolsey, salt commissioner for the state of Alabama, at Clarke County, Alabama, to Mississippi salt agent Z. A. Philips, concerning the mining of salt in Alabama for the people of Mississippi. Woolsey states that he does not think it is proper for Philips to contract with Alabama salt manufacturers. He requests that Philips not take any further action until Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts renders a decision on the matter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. C. Napier from Demopolis, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending individuals who might fill his job at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens and civil officers of Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking a pardon for a man convicted of selling liquor without a license.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from the citizens of Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting a pardon for Thomas Shackleford, convicted of allowing his enslaved person to live at another residence in Canton, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from James A. Lyon at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, explaining why he was unable to attend the meeting of the Educational Commissioners. In a postscript, Lyon states that he is also sending a copy of his report entitled "Slavery and the Duties Growing out of the Relation", which he presented before the Presbyterian Church General Assembly in 1863. (Report not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, recommending Sidney Douglas of Mobile, Alabama, as a notary public. (This document is the enclosed letter mentioned in mdah_768-950-04-14).