From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Captain William N. Monroe in Columbus, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting two field pieces for an artillery battery in Columbus.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. M. Baylis, D. M. Carter, and J. S. Eaton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, applying for remission of fine against George S. Edwinson in the circuit court of Covington County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Robert Tyler to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that Tyler was appointed agent of the Centennial Commission to Mississippi and other states.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. A. Johnston to the Secretary of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a remission of forfeiture against C. A. Johnston of $500.00.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Hunt asking help for Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, widow of a Confederate soldier, who is sick and in destitute circumstances.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Gillespie in "Shieldsbrough" (now apart of Bay St. Louis), Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to aid in enforcing a quarantine for yellow fever in the area of Pascagoula, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from G. S. McMillan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, explaining that McMillan was not able to open court in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on time because of flooding.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James D. Williford to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking if there is a reward for "Nelson" and if so to issue a requisition for his arrest 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 Alcorn Collection. Legal document from state of Alabama to state of Mississippi, containing a copy of Grand Jury indictment against Henry B. Whitfield charged with fraud against John A. Winston.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Payroll report for the Mississippi Secret Service Department for September 1870, submitted by L. M. Hall, chief of the department. Appended are additional notes regarding the department, its personnel, and its finances, dated September 28, 1870, October 15, 1870, and October 22, 1870, respectively.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter and petition from John W. Fenell to R. E. Leachman, in favor of William Steyrs for an unspecified office to protect the peace of the town which has been attacked by armed men from Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking for aid in defending Mobile from an attack by United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Receipt from Mississippi Governor Clark, showing that he had received payment for $157.00 from the Executive Contingent fund.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of a letter from C. F. Christenson, aide to United States Army Major General Edward Canby at Mobile, Alabama, to United States Army Brigadier General E. D. Osband, informing Osband that his action in taking the Mississippi state archives is approved. Christenson further states that General A. J. Smith has been requested to send the Mississippi Land Office's records from Montgomery, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi. This copy is transcribed by Osband's Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. E. Pernett to Confederate Secretary of War James A. Seddon, Pernett, who is an acting master in the Confederate Navy, proposes to transport arms and ammunition across the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate First Lieutenant Andreas F. Andre, commanding Company G, 36th Mississippi Infantry, to Colonel G. G. Garner, Chief of Staff of the Department of the Gulf at Mobile, Alabama, asking permission to drop Private J. A. Tisdale from the muster roll.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Abraham Murdock at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning Clark's decision to not issue government bonds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lee Fleming in the office of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of the railroad by the citizens of Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from B. Hamilton at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving a report on the finances of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sidney Douglas at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking appointment of commissioner for the state of Mississippi at Mobile. Douglas states that he is enclosing a letter of support from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts. (Enclosed letter is mdah_768-950-04-11).

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).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Major General Frank Gardner at Meridian, Mississippi, giving a list of troops sent to stop the United States Army advance from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the movement of Confederate Brigadier General James H. Clanton's brigade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter of application from Sidney J. Douglas at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, enclosing a letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, recommending Douglas to be commissioner for Mississippi at Mobile.