From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from N. L. Norton at Tibbee, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, introducing Colonel A. Brown, who is seeking a government job.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his proposal to force county officials to aid in arresting alleged Confederate Army deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. H. Quarles at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining about crimes allegedly committed by Confederate Army deserters in Smith County, Mississippi, and asking for assistance in driving said persons out of the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from N. G. Nye, the president of the board of police in Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking Clark to choose a commissioner for the relief of impoverished families of Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Captain W. E. Montgomery, commander of the Herndon Rangers (Mississippi Militia, Cavalry Battalion, Second Reserves), to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark about attempted United States Army cavalry raids in his area of operation, as well as soldiers that may need to be released from service. Montgomery also writes on the health and safety of his family, as he claims that United States soldiers have threatened to capture and hold them hostage.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Request from Lieutenant and Sub Commissioner of Freedmen James H. Smith at Jackson, Mississippi, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, asking that Schooley issue ten days rations to a Mrs. White for eight women and three children, refugees. The request is approved by the Post Commander, Colonel O. C. Risdon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Request from Lieutenant and Sub Commissioner of Freedmen James H. Smith at Jackson, Mississippi, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, asking that Schooley issue ten days rations to a Mrs. Emory and another woman, both destitute refugees. The request is approved by the Post Commander, Colonel O. C. Risdon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen James H. Smith, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue two days rations to three African American men, refugees at Jackson, Mississippi. The order is approved by the Post Commander, Colonel O. C. Risdon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lyman Abbott, secretary of the American Union Commission in New York, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, informing Sharkey of the objectives of his organization, which is to aid the states devastated by the Civil War. Enclosed is a circular stating the commission's objectives.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed circular No. 13 from Major General O. O. Howard, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, concerning policy toward confiscated and abandoned lands.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. J. Whitehurst, W. J. Barber, and S. L. Brandon, members of the United States Army 6th Tennessee Cavalry and residents of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, expressing their concerns that former secessionists will be appointed to county offices. Objecting to being represented by the "very men, who attempted time after time, to hang us", Whitehurst, Barber, and Brandon ask Sharkey to give the authors posts that will allow them to take part in the reconstruction of the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James R. Challere at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if it would be safe for Hannah Berry - a formerly enslaved African-American woman - and her children, who were fathered by a slaveholder, to return to Mississippi. Challere also asks whether African Americans can legally hold property, and encourages Sharkey to obtain "160, 200, or 300" acres of land on which Hannah Berry and her children could live and work.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed letter from Major General O. O. Howard, head of the Freedmen's Bureau in Washington, District of Columbia, offering advice to the assistant commissioners of the Freedmen's Bureau in the aftermath of the Civil War. The assistant commissioners are told to put faith in their government and follow all orders, and to not be excessive with military law. Howard declares that all assistant commissioners are vital to the progression past slavery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Doctor Thomas H. Prince in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, recommending Larry W. Walker of Macon, Mississippi, for a job with the state government. Prince praises Walker as a loyalist to the Union.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. W. Taylor at Morton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the impressment of Mr. R. W. Burney's horse.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from an unnamed refugee from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining that Confederate General John C. Pemberton is the wrong man to defend Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James W. McCutchon, a refugee from Louisiana, in Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the impressment of one of his enslaved persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Cunningham in Summit, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for a discharge from the militia, as he is a British citizen.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. T. Westbrook at Coffeeville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus who was seeking a discharge from the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Handy in Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have Robert Williams exempted from militia duty to work as overseer on the plantation of Mrs. Davis.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel Robert Lowry of the 6th Mississippi Infantry at Vaiden, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that his business partner, A. G. Mayers, be released from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. Kramer in Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking permission to have his corn and fodder shipped by railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Dameron at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing J. T. Hardie of New Orleans, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Hammersly, a refugee from Missouri, at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a cavalry commission in the state troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain Isom Warren of a company of partisan rangers to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that his men not be forced to join regular Confederate Army units.