From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General P. Henry of the State Militia to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a man who applied for a military exemption claiming he was a school teacher.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus arguing that 16 year olds should not be drafted into the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. S. McWilliams and John E. McNair at Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending E. A. Goode for District Court Chief Justice.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Maine Governor Israel Washburn Jr. to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus inclosing resolutions of the Maine Legislature regarding a uniform decimal system of weights, measures, and currencies.