From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff John Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for protection from armed men who have publicly vowed to kill him and requesting a reply to be sent to Helena, Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting help because armed Democrats took over Coahoma County, Mississippi and opened fire on the Republicans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Transcription of three telegrams from Sheriff John Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing how Sheriff Brown was forced to flee Coahoma, Mississippi, by armed men.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from T. M. Harris in Ashland, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the remittance of forfeiture against twenty-three bondsmen of Paul Eckford.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from J. N. Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing the Governor that the levee broke at Tunica, Mississippi and Coahoma, Mississippi.

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 Alcorn Collection. Letter from James K. Mulkey to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to be appointed as a United States Steamboat Detective and offers to work without salary by financing the position with government levied fines. Mulkey explains that the ongoing negligence from steamboat workers and corruption from the inspectors is the reason for many of the steamboat disasters. He believes this can be remedied by taking up this position.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William H. Pedrick and James C. Elliott to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting assistance in obtaining a twenty year charter for a steam ferry at Friars Point, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George K. Morton at Friars Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking a job in the Mississippi government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General Martin Luther Smith in Vicksburg, Mississippi, informing him the United States Navy sent a large fleet down the river from Helena, Mississippi, on the 25th with 15,000 troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain C. H. Johnston in Panola, Mississippi, to General Tullius Cicero Tupper informing him his couriers report 30,000 United States troops opposite Helena, and 15 transports with troops at Delta.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry A. Garvey in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to trade war material for cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. E. Montgomery in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning ammunition for use by the Partisan Rangers in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Cowden at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, passing along information he has heard about another United States forces effort to take Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Barnes in Arkansas, a friend of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, telling him about conditions on his farm.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Barnes in Arkansas, a friend of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, telling him about conditions on his farm.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James E. Matthews at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a cotton burning expedition led by Confederate Captain Matthews, Commander of the Senatobia Rangers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Cooper in Coffeeville, Mississippi, calling Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus's attention to the depredations of the United States Army soldiers in the Yazoo River Valley.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel N. Delany and J. T. Simms in Coahoma County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for armed troops to defend the county from expected United States Army invasion.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sarah Coombs at Helena, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus reporting on soldiers hospitalized in Nashville, Tennessee. (Moved to Box 25880).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General James L. Alcorn at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus informing the Governor of the progress being made in forming infantry regiments.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Isaac Newton Brown, who just resigned from the U.S. Navy, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus relating how he came home to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Alcorn and Moore in Friars Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a writ of arrest for a Mr. Douglas, currently in jail in Helena, Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sarah Coombs at Helena, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, reporting on soldiers hospitalized in Nashville, Tennessee. Coombs also encloses a list of hospitalized soldiers and asks Pettus to publish it.