From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from U. Ozanne in Sardis, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending two candidates for appointment to chancery clerk of Panola County, 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 Ames Collection. Letter from S. J. Feemster in Columbus, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a reward offered for the capture of Thomas Barrantine and Wallace Dowsing.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for pardon of Frank Walker, convicted of grand larceny. Included is William Noonan's recommendation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Copiah County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of Emanuel Selman, convicted of attempted rape. Endorsements and pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. Howard to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a list of sufferers from the overflow.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon for 14 year old Fred Jenkins, who was convicted of the theft of $130.00.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Montgomery County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for clemency for Madison Teat, who was convicted of the murder of William Steen in April 1872.

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. Requisition from E. Smith, superintendent of the State Asylum at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting funding needed for the asylum.

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. 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. Published letters by Thomas S. Gathright to the voters of Noxubee and Winston Counties, Mississippi, announcing that he was running for the Mississippi State Senate. Gathright's letters were originally published in the Macon Beacon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from George Barnes at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the transportation of cotton intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers on the Southern Railroad of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from S. R. Jones and the trustees of a female boarding school at Preston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking permission to trade cotton with the United States Army in Memphis, Tennessee. (Letter is damaged).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from F. Barksdale at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting cotton cards for impoverished people of the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sharkey Matilda at Brownsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's aid in obtaining compensation for the damage allegedly done to her property by the United States Army. Included is a list of the property damaged.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from George Houston in Leake County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for state assistance for his four orphan grandchildren. Houston states that he and his wife are very elderly, and Houston has recently been sick. He says their community is in such a state of poverty that Houston and his family cannot gain any assistance from the local government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from E. Emanuel, president of the Southern Railroad of Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, writing on the future financial prospects of the line.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. W. Noe at Verona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting the appointment to postmaster of the city. Enclosed is a petition from the citizens of Verona, Mississippi, supporting Noe's appointment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the state tax on the business of Jesse W. Bryan be waived, as he is destitute and has a large family to support, including several orphans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. S. Pryor at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking appointment to the office of collector of customs. In a postscript, Pryor adds that "Dr. Brichett's" family are well.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed proclamation from Minnesota Governor Stephen Miller addressed to the people of Minnesota. Miller emphasizes the contributions of Minnesotans in crushing the late Confederate rebellion. He reminds Minnesotans of their duty to memorialize the dead and to care for the Civil War's survivors. Miller suggests establishing a soldiers' home for veterans with disabilities or illnesses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James Phelan in Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting approval of his application for pardon, and explaining his personal reasons for supporting secession and the Confederacy during the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Leake County, Mississippi, asking that Lunceford Tucker be released from military duty to run his corn and wheat mill.