From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff Josiah Daily of De Soto County, Mississippi, to H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, sending a description of George Washington who he alleges is guilty of the murder of Thomas Duncan. Included is a note from Hewson summarizing Daily's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. Stanley to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn of the assault on Representative Coggeshall, who had been approached by three men from Oakland, Mississippi, and subsequently shot. Stanley also reports that the assailants had been allowed by a justice of the peace to escape. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Stanley's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. C. Webber to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson, requesting to know if the Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn has signed three Acts of the Legislature.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Receipt from C. T. Russell to the State of Mississippi for transportation of soldiers on the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. A. J. Rivers, the Constable of District 2, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking that he be paid for his service during the election term of 1868, and that part of that money be sent to his family and the balance sent to him. He also explains an accident with his gun, which discharged when he dropped it and put sixteen buckshot through his left ankle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff S. C. Anderson to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Anderson states that Marion Lacey left Aberdeen, Mississippi, of his own accord and was not kidnapped. He also states that there were two indictments pending against Mr. Lacey, that there were hostile feelings towards him in the area, and that his life may be threatened if he were to return.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. H. Plummer to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving his account of events concerning the Board of Supervisors in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, which Alcorn seems to have removed Plummer from.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Milton Brown, president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and L. J. Fleming, superintendent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, asking that corn be transported to the starving families of their county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from D. W. McInnis at Jaynesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, providing account of his quarterly return of spirits dispensed in his county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from George Barnes at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the transportation of cotton intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers on the Southern Railroad of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from J. R. M. Duberry, the salt agent of Calhoun County, Mississippi, certifying that the salt intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers in the county was shipped to Okolona, Mississippi, where it was lost to a fire.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from A. McDonald and L. Murphree, stating that the area near Okolona, Mississippi, was occupied by United States Army cavalry, and certifying that a depot near Okolona containing salt intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers of Calhoun County, Mississippi, had been destroyed in a fire.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, in which the author resigns as dispenser of spirituous liquors for Copiah County, Mississippi. (Letter is damaged, rendering the author's signature illegible).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Doctor W. G. Williams in Claiborne County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, urging the state to bring in needed goods through the United States Navy's blockade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Bowles, Edmondson, and Co. in Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing him that 19 boxes of cotton cards ordered by the state had been shipped.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi salt agent Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi State Salt Works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the effort to have his workers exempted from the draft.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi state salt works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining that impressing agents were allegedly attempting to take the workers at the facility.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from H. S. Van Eaton at Mt. Carmel, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning a perceived threat to the county depot by alleged Confederate Army deserters and "outlaws".

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from C. G. Dahlgren, president of the Mississippi Relief Association, at Atlanta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, requesting supplies and money from the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from T. P. Ware at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting an inquiry into the conduct of Adjutant A. B. Watts in Simpson County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from L. Julienne at Jackson, Mississippi, to an unnamed "friend", discussing personal matters and describing his views on life in occupied Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel William N. Brown of the 20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on his regiment's raid into Jones County, Mississippi, to hunt alleged Confederate deserters, as well as the need for cotton and wool cards for the citizens. (Brown states that he is enclosing a horse comb made by the struggling widow of a Confederate soldier. Enclosed item not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from J. B. Gates and several citizens of Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending Judge J. M. Floyd to dispense liquor for medicinal purposes in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from L. A. Wailes at Terry, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, offering to sell the geology collection of his father, Benjamin L. C. Wailes, to the University of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff John W. Gully at DeKalb, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the collection of taxes on cotton in Kemper County, Mississippi.