From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis for the pardon of Lem Hicks who was convicted of murder. Pardon granted on July 7.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from William S. Patton, including several items stuck together from Lauderdale County, Mississippi, concerning the deposition of W. S. Patton and his statement of how he came to find the bodies of several men of color who had been murdered.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. H. Hardy at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining about raids made by Confederate Army deserters who are operating as anti-Confederate guerrillas in Jones County, Mississippi. Hardy alleges that they have committed several crimes, such as the alleged murder of a pro-Confederate minister. He suggests that Clark send a force of one or two hundred men with instructions to conscript all eligible men in neighboring counties for Mississippi Militia service against the Jones County guerrillas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Aaron Jones at Peoria, Illinois, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, discussing Unionist sentiment in Mississippi and asking about conditions in Jackson, Mississippi, since he left. Jones also states that his wife owns about five hundred acres of land adjoining Jackson and asks whether her title to the land is still good.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Varnado at Hancock County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the allegations that Steede's Battalion of Cavalry is made up of "rogues and robbers."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter M. M. Keeth from the Decatur Baptist Church at Decatur, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to declare a day of fasting and prayer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. Shellon at the Baptist Church of Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering their bell to the state to be made into cannon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Resolution from the Baptist Church of Christ at Bethesda, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the current crisis.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Sixth annual report of the superintendent and physician of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum.