From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from S. Parker at Livingston, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the tax placed on his cotton which was being shipped through Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. L. E. Nicholson at Livingston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining that there are no men left at home to protect the women and children.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. W. Dillard at Livingston, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requsting Pettus use his influence to help A. W. Dillard obtain a Confederate Army commission.