From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff John M. Armstrong to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, inquiring about a reward for the return of the fugitive John Griffin, arrested in Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. C. H. West in Meridian, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the arrest of Anderson Crosby, charged with murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from F. S. Belcher to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that he had made a requisition to Little Rock in Phillips County, Arkansas, and that he had arrested two suspects on this side of the Mississippi River. Mr. Lester, who made the affidavit, is unable to be found at the moment but he intends to try and find him before Court.

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 Pettus Collection. Letter from Ralph North in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning payment of $200 to his sister-in-law, Mrs. Brown.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. Reynolds at Hamilton, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning recent military operations in Arkansas.

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. 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. Extradition request from Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector for D. W. Davis, accused of embezzlement.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Legal documents concerning D. W. Davis, accused of embezzling money from the State of Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. Reynolds at Hamilton, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning conditions in Arkansas and sending condolences for the death of Pettus' son.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Daniel M. Thomson in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Pettus recommend him for the position of State Marshall.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from David Walker to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus forwarding resolutions passed by the state of Arkansas. (Resolutions not included)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secession Commissioner George R. Fall to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus briefing Pettus on what he witnessed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George R. Fall in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing Pettus of the status of the vote in Arkansas for a secession convention.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George R. Fall in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector concerning Fall's work as commissioner to Arkansas from the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector to George R. Fall thanking Fall for his services as Mississippi's commissioner to Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest at Tupelo, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking Clark to order all available state troops to Tupelo, Mississippi, to meet the United States Army and stating that Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Little Rock, Arkansas, were reportedly in the possession of the Confederate Army.