From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John A. Avirett at Talladega, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting the pardon of David Henderson.

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.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John A. Avirett, Jr. in Talledega, Alabama, requesting the pardon of David Henderson, convicted of killing an African American.