From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for pardon of Rody Jackson, convicted of "threats." Pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. B. Avery to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, praising the Ames' stance on temperance.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. A list of names, including column headings "County," "Politics," "Nativity," "Present Address," and "Rewards."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. W. Campbell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for an appointment for himself in order to support his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas J. Burges to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking if the government is willing to reimburse him for the loss of his "small fortune" due to the War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Anderson Rutland to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recounting the events of how he was first imprisoned during the Civil War for horse theft and how he came to be released, only to be rearrested. He is asking Alcorn to review his case to see if his second arrest was legal in hopes that Alcorn would order his release.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas Palmer to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for the consideration of the Governor to appoint Palmer's son to the position of assistant physician at the asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from B. F. Moore Jr., a former slaveholder, at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, refusing to take the amnesty oath. Moore states that he has always been a loyal Unionist who never willingly aided the Confederacy. He complains about the emancipation of enslaved persons, claiming that said persons are his "property" and that the government cannot take them from a loyal citizen without financial compensation. Moore believes that taking the amnesty oath would amount to admitting to treason and thus to waiving his claims for financial compensation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff Silas F. Kendrick of Monroe County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his eligibility to hold the office of sheriff. Kendrick attempts to controvert claims made to Sharkey by friends of Kendrick's election opponent that alleged he was a secessionist and that he is exempt from President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation.

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 Pettus Collection. Letter from R. G. Garmon, a soldier in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a transfer to the cavalry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Statement from Susan Ashley to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus declaring she is the mother of William Ashley, 1st Mississippi Minutemen, and that he is not yet 18 so he should be discharged.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary A. Harper at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the death of Henry Hughes, an officer in the 13th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Sixth annual report of the superintendent and physician of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the pardon of William J. B. Ellington.