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 Pettus Collection. Letter from John H. Evans at the salt works in St. Stephens, Alabama, seeking boilers for removing salt from water.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. M. Vaiden at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning a failed attempt to drill for salt water in Alabama.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. B. Longstreet at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a contract by local citizens to buy salt in Alabama.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Brown at West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to exempt salt miners and shoemakers from Confederate military duty.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles Bancroft at Holmesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning a pardon for George W. Carr.
