From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of Mississippians exempted from the amnesty proclamation of May 1865 but who were granted special presidential pardon.

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 Ames Collection. Letter from J. W. Brownlee in Tunica County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a former Confederate guerilla.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from P. B. Starke, Thos. W. Stinger, and T. J. Mitchell, members of a committee appointed to assess the affairs of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing the results of the committee's investigation into the condition of the penitentiary - including plantations leased by the penitentiary where some convicted persons, mostly African Americans, are made to perform labor - and its inmates. There are several pages of information concerning some inmates needing medical attention, some inmates whom the committee believed were improperly convicted, and recommended pardons or commutations of sentences. Appended are additional "special reports" concerning particular cases and persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, by order of the United States Secretary of War, stating that Sergeant Cay H. Landon of the 1st Mississippi Rifles will be released from confinement at the Missouri State Penitentiary and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, by order of the United States Secretary of War, stating that Private J. M. Morgan of the 1st Mississippi Rifles will be released from confinement at the Gratiot Street Prison in Saint Louis, Missouri, and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, by order of the United States Secretary of War, stating that Private John McWilliams of the 1st Mississippi Rifles will be released from confinement at the Missouri State Penitentiary and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Order No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General E. D. Townsend at the United States War Department in Washington, District of Columbia, stating that Private Aaron Blackwell of the 1st Battalion, Mississippi Marine Brigade, will be released from confinement and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, by order of the United States Secretary of War, stating that Private Wiley Wade of the 1st Battalion, Cavalry, Mississippi Marine Brigade, will be released from confinement at the Missouri State Penitentiary and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending A. G. Mayers for appointment as a commissioner to visit and provide relief to Mississippi soldiers held in prisoner of war camps.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending W. D. Lyles be appointed a commissioner to visit prisoner of war camps where Mississippians were being held.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John L. T. Snead at Lodi, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting that Clark aid Henry S. Farmer by placing him on light duty with the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from G. F. Mill at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending Dr. William Humphries for appointment as a commissioner for the relief of Mississippi soldiers held as prisoners of war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending James Stewart as a commissioner to distribute funds to Mississippi soldiers held as prisoners of war by the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending Captain W. H. Vasser as a commissioner to distribute funds to Mississippi soldiers held as prisoners of war by the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. L. Griffin and members of the Mississippi Senate at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending J. Thompson for commissioner for the relief of Mississippi soldiers held as prisoners of war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from William H. Vasser at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, applying for the job of commissioner to distribute funds to Mississippi soldiers held as prisoners of war by the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from James Whitfield and others at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending Jacob J. Sherman for commissioner for the relief of Mississippi soldiers held as prisoners of war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Abraham Murdock at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending Captain W. H. Vasser as a commissioner to distribute funds to Mississippi soldiers held in Federal military prisons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Doctor W. G. Williams in Claiborne County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, urging the state to bring in needed goods through the United States Navy's blockade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury, concerning the parole status of state troops captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from D. P. Porter, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking if the state troops captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, have been exchanged.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on the state troops attached to his command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon at Richmond, Virginia, calling his attention to the case of A. J. Lee, a paroled and unexchanged prisoner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Samuel T. Harrison at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that James D. Manning be pardoned and allowed to go back to his regiment. The letter is endorsed by Judge James T. Hamm and District Attorney Samuel M. Meek.