From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas T. Land, a member of the Louisiana Supreme Court, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking a commission for his son, Alfred D. Land.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary F. Hazard in Montevallo, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a Lieutenant's commission for her son John.