From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. G. Moore, the warden of the Alabama Penitentiary at Wetumpka, Alabama, to Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts, reporting on the prisoners from Mississippi whom the Alabama Penitentiary is temporarily holding. Then-Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus ordered that these prisoners be transferred from the Mississippi State Penitentiary to Alabama in 1863 through an agreement with then-Alabama Governor John G. Shorter. M. G. Moore's letter consists of handwritten copies of correspondence between Pettus, Shorter, Moore, and the Alabama Penitentiary board of inspectors regarding the transfer of the Mississippi prisoners as well as questions about the legality of Shorter's right to accept the prisoners and whether they can require the prisoners to perform labor. Moore intersperses brief explanations about these circumstances and his own actions throughout the letter. Appended to the letter is a receipt for prisoner-related expenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Matthew L. H. Noel at Wetumpka, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, stating that once his physical condition improves, Noel hopes to join his brothers in military service in Georgia. He also thanks Clark for the kind treatment he had received.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. G. Moore, Warden of the Alabama Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the discharge of Mississippi inmates being held in the facility.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Receipt from Sidney T. Douglas at Mobile, Alabama, to E. H. Gregory for a bill of exchange drawn by E. H. Gregory.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Galland at Goodman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if a foreigner residing in Mississippi at the time of secession is a citizen of the state.