From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. H. Vasser in Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, endorsing Silas F. Kendrick as sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi, in light of a petition to have him removed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Samuel H. Lockett at Marion, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, applying for a job as professor at the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lock E. Houston at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, vouching for the loyalty of Silas F. Kendrick, the sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William F. Dowd at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, vouching for Silas F. Kendrick, the sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi, to not be removed from his position. Dowd attempts to controvert claims that Kendrick was a secessionist, and notes that Kendrick was not a United States judicial or military officer, nor a Congressman, at the outbreak of Civil War. As such, Dowd states, the exceptions to President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation do not apply to Kendrick.

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 John Taylor Moore at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, forwarding his application to President Andrew Johnson for pardon and asking Sharkey's advice on how to lease his land to white laborers.

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, stating that Doctor William D. Lyles was a Union man before the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Nathaniel B. Robertson at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the people in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, who were loyal to the United States during the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Edward T. Fristoe at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his application to teach at the University of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from E. S. Fisher at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Sharkey write a letter to President Andrew Johnson asking for a pardon for James Phelan.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from D. C. Greenwood at Scooba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for the appointment as United States Marshal for Mississippi.

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. Petition from citizens of Jones County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Z. A. Collins be appointed County Probate Judge.

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 A. L. Montgomery at Madison, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking Sharkey to recommend his son, a veteran, for a position working under the tax collector of Madison County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. J. Gillespie at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Morris Gattman for a pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. Newton Mercer at Newport, Rhode Island, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Vicksburg, Mississippi, asking for help in proving he was loyal to the United States during the Civil War. Mercer had refused to take the allegiance oath under General Butler for fear of his estate being seized or destroyed, but had otherwise remained loyal to the United States. He asks to have his name as an enemy of the country cleared before he dies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James H. Pierce to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey asking for an appointment to civil government, as he was a loyal Union man during the war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. J. Williams at Como, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for an appointment as a marshal.

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, responding to Sharkey's query about the political status of Doctor Lyles. Appended to the bottom of the page is a note by R. Russ also speaking to Lyles's political beliefs.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that C. A. Sullivan be appointed District Attorney for the 6th Judicial District.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. L. Gibson in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, complaining about the Freedmen's Bureau.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lock E. Houston at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for a special pardon for Morris Gattman, who served as a postmaster at Aberdeen under the Confederate government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. V. Wolfe, the postmaster at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking if he is excluded from the amnesty and pardon offered by the United States government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. K. Parker in Centerville, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey if contracts made during the Civil War are still valid.