From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Henry B. Whitfield to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, addressing the placement of a Federal cavalry regiment within the county area. Whitfield gives his opinion as to who should be the commanding officer of the troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William Price to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the upcoming appointment of a Marshall for that area. Price notes the objections to one proposed nominee and support of another proposed nominee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. P. Allen to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, submitting his opinion of the Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, Mr. William Sturges and stating that the Mayor would make an excellent choice to fill the position of Sheriff of Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Multiple Correspondence between Arkansas Governor Clayton Powell, Arkansas Governor Clayton Powell's Private Secretary Keyes Danforth, D. C. Gordon, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson, discussing Phil Stampley, an African American fugitive from justice in Mississippi, having been accused of murder, has fled to Arkansas, where he is being held in jail at Helena, and requesting that Stampley be transferred back to Mississippi. Sheriff D. C. Gordon notes that he released the prisoner and didn't think he was guilty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letters from Judge Jehu Amaziah Orr and John McIntosh to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing a recommendation and attached letter from John McIntosh to Alcorn for the office of Marshall in Okolona, Mississippi in support of B. J. Abbott.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from J. W. Short, concerning depositions of John Rainwater and Leopold Wise, concerning their orders to arrest gamblers and keepers of gambling houses in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and the objections given to them by the Marshal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. C. Webber to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning several items stuck together from the mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi, concerning requests made by the city marshal, L.M. Hall, to arrest gamblers and gambling house keepers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. Buford to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving Alcorn an update concerning the case of State v. Moore and Wilson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. W. Dowling to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that M. Eskridge was in jail on the suspicion of having murdered a Mr. Brantly in Macon, Mississippi but was seen out with several town law enforcement officials last night.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John Gillis to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a pardon for Anderson Rutland, who has spent nearly three years in the penitentiary. The request is made due to the indigency of him and his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Chief of Police F. W. O'Donnell at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking Alcorn if there is a reward offered for the capture of William Binger, Henry Binger, and Calhoun Applegate, who are charged with the murder of Orin Brantley of Winona, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of O'Donnell's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Two letters and a sworn statement from C. M. Thomas, W. A. M. Hemy, and A. J. Shipman to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning an escapee from the jail of Noxubee County, Mississippi. Thomas writes to say that he had investigated the incident which was first reported as having been an abduction of a prisoner with the "help" of the guards on duty by masked men; however Thomas says that this was false and the prisoner escaped from the jail by jumping out of a window. Additional correspondance details the other accounts of the incident.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Unfinished report from E. W. Laird, listing nominations for county officers from several counties. Notes include dates of appointments, names of officers, and notes of those who failed to qualify. At the end of the report, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn signs his name and requests the advice and consent of the Mississippi State Senate for the appointments.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from Wm. Bolton and several residents of Washington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, seeking a pardon for Woodson Baldwin, an African-American man, who was convicted for attempted theft and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and a $200 fine.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. F. Moore in Newton County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating that Moore has seen a published proclamation from Alcorn calling for evidence of violent crimes being committed in Mississippi. Moore is now ready to offer his testimony. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Moore's letter. (Hewson's note appears to give the date of the letter as January 5, 1871. This may be an error, as Moore's actual letter bears the date January 5, 1870).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas McCarren and Geo. B. McNamara to R. J. Mathews. A reply written to Mathews concerning the case of William Hanlan (also known as Michael Hanlan). The letter states that Hanlan and the man whom he was charged with shooting served in the same military unit stationed in Columbus, Mississippi, in August of 1867. Both men were drunk from liquor and got into a quarrel. Hanlan went to his tent to get his rifle and shot Beau, another man, and was then turned over to local authorities in Columbus.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, describing the account of the assassination of former Confederate general W. F. Brantley on November 2, 1870, and what actions will be taken to locate his killers. Hall also asks for Alcorn's advice about securing a detail of United States Army soldiers to assist in the search.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn of the Senate's confirmation of his nominations for county and municipal officers in Washington and Lowndes Counties, Mississippi, as well as 4th District Chancellor and the 11th District Circuit Court Judge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from J. J. Gainey to L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, describing how he got a young Mr. Woods to confess to being a member of "the three K's" and to being involved in shooting up a widow's home, and the murder of another African American man during said incident. Gainey states that he is enclosing affidavits of witnesses to the confession. (Enclosed affidavits not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that the Senate had confirmed the accompanying list of county and municipal officer nominations for Lowndes, Tippah, Copiah, Clarke, Carroll, and Jackson Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Copy of a letter from First Lieutenant John W. Critchfield, sub-commissioner for the Freedmen's Bureau at Canton, Mississippi, to Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson, acting assistant commissioner for the Freedmen's Bureau in the Northern District of Mississippi, concerning problems caused by the local militia in Livingston, Mississippi, wrongfully seizing guns from freedmen. (This document is the enclosed letter mentioned in mdah_776-960-01-34).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Special Order No. 14 from Lieutenant Colonel P. Jones York, commanding the post of Port Gibson, Mississippi, revoking the authority of C. B. Clark to patrol roads.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Statement of the police court of Calhoun County, Mississippi, recorded by clerk W. S. Hudson, certifying that a shipment of salt intended for the use of impoverished families of Confederate soldiers was allegedly destroyed by United States Army cavalry at Okolona, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. B. P. Williams, president of the board of police of Rankin County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, certifying that F. M. Bell was elected constable for beat 4.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to have county officials who fail to arrest and prosecute Confederate deserters indicted, and complaining of the need for more liquor to be dispensed in the state.