From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charlotte Smiley at Union Church, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the bounty to be paid to the widows of Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary A. Jones, widow of a Confederate Army veteran, in Natchez, Mississippi, seeking aid to help take care of her children.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles Lewis in Bradley County, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking Pettus' help in getting the pension payments he was due.