From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from I. A. Orr to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting that payment be made to the men sent to Memphis, Tennessee to escort a Mr. Gwen back to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. D. Spratt in Aberdeen, Mississippi, concerning the amending of the charter of the Mississippi Mutual Insurance Company.