From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. W. Brownlee in Tunica County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a former Confederate guerilla.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Sullivan in New Orleans, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that the War Department has fixed the daily issue of rations for Mississippi at 12,000 a day.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from the citizens of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to leave the murder case of Morgan and Hilliard to the courts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from F. W. Buttinghaus at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for a recommendation from Alcorn to be appointed to the proposed German consulate to be formed for those living in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Enclosed in Buttinghaus's letter are letters of support from several other citizens of Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. B. Bridges to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing him that the persons who were captured by E. P. Bridges fit the description of Ringers and Applegate but were not them.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff E. F. Haynie to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, reporting the murder of T. J. Shope and stating that the only eye witness to the murder has fled to Arkansas. Haynie also reports the case of another man, Leopold, who is charged with stealing property in the amount of $3,000 and has also fled to Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Multiple Correspondence between Arkansas Governor Clayton Powell, Arkansas Governor Clayton Powell's Private Secretary Keyes Danforth, D. C. Gordon, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson, discussing Phil Stampley, an African American fugitive from justice in Mississippi, having been accused of murder, has fled to Arkansas, where he is being held in jail at Helena, and requesting that Stampley be transferred back to Mississippi. Sheriff D. C. Gordon notes that he released the prisoner and didn't think he was guilty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Burwell Jones be pardoned for selling spirituous liquors of less than one gallon to an enslaved person.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to W. C. Watson, giving his agent his thoughts on cotton and wool cards, use of state troops, foreigners in the military, impressed enslaved persons, military supplies, and soldiers fit for service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. R. Lemman, the superintendent of the Confederate Nitre and Mining Bureau for District No. 11, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for an exemption for professor Eugene Hilgard, the Mississippi State Geologist.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Nine copies of a printed circular from the Supervising Special Agent William W. Orme of the United States Treasury Department at Memphis, Tennessee, concerning the gathering and control of captured or surrendered cotton in Mississippi and Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Colonel William E. Bayley, provost marshal in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving a report on the actions taken by his militia companies. Bayley also complains that African Americans have allegedly "nearly ceased work" since the arrival of United States Colored Troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed circular No. 13 from Major General O. O. Howard, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, concerning policy toward confiscated and abandoned lands.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from M. Shannon at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the tax on small grocery stores.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from G. Donnellan at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, acknowledging his appointment as a notary public for Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Legal document from James A. Martin, swearing that on October 10, 1861, he paid D. W. Davis 1870.00 dollars in war bonds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. White, the Commander of Selma Arsenal, to Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston concerning a shipment of arms to Johnston.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the soldiers of Blythe's Battalion to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Jessee B. Chasteen be discharged because of ill health and the death of his wife.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Winston in Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if he can trade cotton for salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Navy Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting an anchor and chain for the C. S. S. Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Navy Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown, commander of the Confederate C. S. S. Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need for carpenters to work on the pilot house.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant William Palfrey at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Martin Luther Smith about the capture of four African Americans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George William Brent in Corinth, Mississippi, concerning arms stored at Grenada, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. H. Jones in Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning hardships caused by having to pay the military tax in treasury notes.