From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Frederick Hall to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting aid for Issaquena County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Hunt asking help for Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, widow of a Confederate soldier, who is sick and in destitute circumstances.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, the general salt agent for Mississippi, to B. M. Woolsey, salt commissioner for Alabama, concerning the mining of salt in Alabama for the people of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Pennsylvania Governor J. F. Hartranft in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a statement of the assets and liabilities of the state of Pennsylvania.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Henry J. Tibbs to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn requesting a position in Brookhaven, Mississippi, or anywhere in the state, he is looking for means of supporting his family. (Includes a letter dated September 13, 1866, from Assistant Adjutant General Thomas M. Vincent, certifying Tibbs' military service which ended in 1865).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from Sheriff M. A. Metts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for a pardon for William T. Hester. The item also cites reasons for the petition, one being that the defendant is disabled in one arm due to an injury sustained at the Battle of Seven Pines.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. M. Patrick to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Governor Alcorn of the actions of certain men going about the county in disguise, whipping freedmen and making threats against his own life and that of his family. Patrick also asks Alcorn for assistance in finding these persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William M. Conner to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, defending himself against character attacks, and also asking Alcorn to appoint him to be Sheriff of Noxubee County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Anderson Rutland to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recounting the events of how he was first imprisoned during the Civil War for horse theft and how he came to be released, only to be rearrested. He is asking Alcorn to review his case to see if his second arrest was legal in hopes that Alcorn would order his release.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Damaged, incomplete letter from someone in the Territory of Denver, Colorado, written to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a pardon for the son of the sender, who is incarcerated in the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mr. Moseley in Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking if all mill owners are to be conscripted into the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from Sarah Garrett at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that she be pardoned for her crime of allowing enslaved persons to trade as freemen.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Milton Brown, president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and L. J. Fleming, superintendent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, asking that corn be transported to the starving families of their county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Stephen D. Hunter of the 19th Mississippi Infantry be exempted from military duty to take his post as county tax assessor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Richard Turman in Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for a furlough so that he can provide for his impoverished family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, giving his thoughts on the punishment to be given to Confederate deserters who return to their units.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from Confederate Captain A. Q. Withers, commander of a company of state troops at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that his troops remain in Marshall County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from Sarah James Hopkins to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that her son, William, be pardoned so that he can join the Confederate military. Hopkins's petition is witnessed by Thomas Long, justice of the peace. On the reverse, several citizens of Clarke County, Mississippi, endorse the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Two incomplete copies of Special Orders No. 176, appointing Major James L. Power to serve as agent of the Mississippi troops in the Confederate Army. Both copies are damaged.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens and civil officers of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the local militia be returned so they can grow crops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from B. M. Woolsey, salt commissioner for the state of Alabama, at Clarke County, Alabama, to Mississippi salt agent Z. A. Philips, concerning the mining of salt in Alabama for the people of Mississippi. Woolsey states that he does not think it is proper for Philips to contract with Alabama salt manufacturers. He requests that Philips not take any further action until Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts renders a decision on the matter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. C. Napier from Demopolis, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending individuals who might fill his job at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Pollan, a veteran of the 1st Mississippi Mounted Rifles (United States), at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, regarding Pollan's election as probate judge and the organization of the militia in Choctaw County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that blacksmith Henry J. Goss be exempted from duty in the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from William Patton at Marion, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Clark aid an "old man" who is impoverished and supporting three families of relatives.