From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from G. C. Chandler to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson, drawing attention to the request sent in for an appointment to the office of the chancery clerk for Clarke County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. R. McLaurin to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, expressing his views of the school funding laws and voicing his thoughts that the funds are not being spent appropriately.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Captain H. C. Moore in Tippah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning efforts by pro-Confederate citizens to have his Union militia disbanded.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Pollan in Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his efforts to organize a Union League militia in Choctaw County, Mississippi.

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 Sharkey Collection. Letter from Ira McDowell at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Colonel Otto Funke, commander of the United States Army post at Grenada, Mississippi. In his letter, dated June 22, 1865, McDowell warns Funke that secessionist men are attempting to take power by seeking appointments to vacant offices in the local government of Choctaw County, Mississippi. McDowell asks Funke to telegraph Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey about this matter, as Funke believes that said men are on their way to Jackson, Mississippi, to present a petition for appointments to Sharkey. Attached is a note from Colonel Funke to Sharkey, dated June 23, 1865, in which Funke refers McDowell's letter to the governor with the request that Sharkey consult "the large number of Union men" in Choctaw County about the appointment of civil officers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. D. Lyles in Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, affirming that he was a Union man prior to the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from an unidentified writer at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, complaining that all of the county officers are former secessionists.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Pollan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning his efforts to organize a pro-Union militia in Choctaw County, Mississippi. (Including rosters of all the militia in Choctaw County)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. J. Harris at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting a job in the state government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from three citizens of Monroe County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that S. F. Hendrick be removed as County Sheriff because he was a Confederate officer and avowed secessionist.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John M. Grant in Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, stating that Dr. William D. Lyles was not a "rabid secessionist" as others have alleged.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Hemingway to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing the application of Mr. G. A. Wells for postmaster in Carrollton, Mississippi. Hemingway endorses Wells for postmaster, speaks to Wells's loyalty as a Unionist, criticizes the incumbent postmaster as "lazy" and a secessionist, and asks Sharkey to recommend Wells to the United States Postmaster General. In postscript, Wells says that the prospect of a free Constitution is "brightening" but that it is "too early to predict the result". Enclosed is a letter from G. A. Wells to Postmaster General William Dennison asking for an appointment as postmaster of Carrollton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. W. Foote at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending that men who have not taken the amnesty oath be allowed to vote in the election of delegates to the State Convention.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from former Confederate Major General William T. Martin to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning his application for amnesty from the United States government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Dan R. Russell at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Sharkey appoint W. H. Curtis as probate clerk of Carroll County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Captain D. M. Graves, commanding the 12th Indiana Cavalry at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that he has administered the amnesty oath to several of the officials of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mrs. A. N. Edmonds in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for his help to get her son and brother out of the Fort Warren prisoner of war camp. Edmonds' brother General John W. Frazer was a former Confederate.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from C. B. New at Rodney, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending the reorganization of the old Whig Party, made up of men loyal to the United States government. New complains that Louisiana Governor James Wells has appointed Democrats to office as receptionists.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from St. H. Chalmers at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending James Fort of Holly Springs, Mississippi, for the post of Internal Revenue Collector.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James S. Prestidge in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting Sharkey's help to obtain a pardon for his law partner, John T. Lamkin, as Prestidge had pressured Lamkin into an office that would have him, a Unionist Whig, replace a secessionist, but denied him amnesty benefits. Prestidge also reluctantly asks for an office position, as he is in need of money.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. D. Lyles in Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, affirming that he was a Union man prior to the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. J. Marble in Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining about the Unionist sympathies of William Lake, Mississippi Speaker of the House.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph T. Randolph at Tibbee Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for an appointment to a government job.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John McAulis, a militia enrolling officer at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus explaining why he is having trouble getting men to join the Confederate Army.