From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. P. Smith to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing copies of indictments for six charges of selling liquor to a minor.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Efn Smith to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson, asking for advice on how to proceed concerning the payment of certain accounts itemized on a schedule report given to the Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from T. S. Ford to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving his opinion of the proposed bill from the House of Representatives concerning the heirs of Calvin Ford. The bill concerns giving these minor children the right to choose a guardian.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from George Fletcher, an African American man in Washington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, expressing his concern with the ability of African American people to make a living off the land when they are being charged $10 for an acre or two for rent. Fletcher asks Alcorn if he could make some arrangement for relief.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving an opinion regarding trustees at state charitable institutions.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving an opinion regarding trustees at state charitable institutions.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Dekalb, Mississippi, asking that Henry Mcintosh, a free African American man, be allowed to stay in Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Certification from William Graham that Joseph G. Moore of Newton County, Mississippi, was the guardian of two children, and administrator of the estate of W. W. Moore.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Fort at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking an exemption from militia duty for D. M. Crum, an overseer.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. J. Scott in Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a discharge from the Confederate Army to manage his brother's farm and enslaved people.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Manuel Muniz in Shieldsboro, Mississippi, requesting the discharge of John Murphy from the Shieldsboro Rifles (Company F of the Confederate 3rd Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Joslin in Batesville, Mississippi, requesting that the Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus not pardon Frank Jackson, who was convicted of murder.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Inventory of property of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus.
