From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. B. Avery to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting Ames take action to bring Frank McDonald back to Mississippi to be tried for the murder of Joshua Lucas in 1871. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of Avery's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from T. H. Allen and J. M. Allen in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, complaining that their cotton from Arkansas was taxed at Vicksburg, Mississippi, by the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Bingham in North Carolina, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking information on Doctor Stuart White, a resident of Bolivar County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Certificate for W. W. Edwards showing he was the Justice of the Peace for Chicot County, Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Statement from Chicot County, Arkansas, by William Moffett, concerning the alledged murder of Charles T. Sutton by R. W. Magill.