From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from P. Lane to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Lane, a former principal teacher of the Mississippi Institute for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, writes to Alcorn to request a letter from him explaining his competency in running the affairs of the school. Lane is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, teaching at their school for the blind and is coming under fire from persons wishing his dismissal from said position.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. A. McWhorter, superintendent of the Louisiana Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that a young blind or deaf man from Mississippi has arrived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, seeking admission to Louisiana's institution for the blind and deaf. McWhorter states that this person was told that the state of Mississippi would pay for his education. McWhorter goes on to encourage Alcorn to pass some legislation in Mississippi to address the educational needs of the blind and deaf community, or to create a system by which the state of Louisiana could warrant payment for educating blind and deaf students from Mississippi. (This document is related to mdah_786-971-01-07).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. A. McWhorter, superintendent of the Louisiana Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing in response to a letter sent to him by the governor on January 22nd, concerning blind and deaf Mississippians who have travelled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, seeking an education. A secretarial note on the letter indicates that a copy of McWhorter's letter has been sent to the Mississippi State Senate. (This document is related to mdah_786-971-01-04).