From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Publication titled Salt from the Onondaga Salt Company to the editor of the New York World.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John W. Young to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting names and addresses of persons involved with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Item includes an attached copy of a news article from the Natchez Tri-Weekly Democrat concerning the Vidalia, Alexandria & Texas Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff Readman T. Portwood of Sunflower County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning alleged crimes being committed in the county by Confederate deserters and African Americans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from an unnamed person (possibly Z. A. Philips, general salt agent for Mississippi) onboard the steamboat "Admiral" to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of Mississippi's convicts for labor in Alabama. (mdah_768-949-06-33 is the "enclosed document" referred to.)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. A. Banks at Westville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning alleged abuses against local residents by Captain F. M. Little and his men as they destroy distilleries in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. S. Pryor at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking appointment to the office of collector of customs. In a postscript, Pryor adds that "Dr. Brichett's" family are well.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from G. Donnellan at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, acknowledging his appointment as a notary public for Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Leake County, Mississippi, asking that Lunceford Tucker be released from military duty to run his corn and wheat mill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Choctaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that B. F. Moore be released from military duty to run his steam mill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James S. Hamm and Samuel M. Meek at Louisville, Mississippi. concerning the case against Daniel Emmons for selling liquor without a license.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. A. Orr at Gainesville, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to pay the $500 exemption fee to keep his overseer out of the military.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Samuel J. Gholson at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning how provisions would be provided for state troops in the field.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General J. Z. George at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus submitting a report on the operations of his command in the last ten days.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John F. Rives, Quartermaster of the 1st Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a release from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry T. Beard at Emory, Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus protesting the impressment of his horse by Captain T. S. Kyle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert Hollingsworth at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to be released from militia duty to run his grist mill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. F. Cross at Milledgeville, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering to furnish a machine for making cotton cards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter by A. S. Livermore, the superintendent of the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a new railroad bridge being built across the Tallahatchie River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas B. Reed at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Confederate General Carter L. Stevenson asking for 60 enslaved people to work at the government mill and warehouses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George Wood at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking permission to send his bacon or pork on the Mississippi Central Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. S. Livermore, Superintendent of the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that R. J. Christian be detailed from the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Vincent T. Powell, a soldier in the 1st Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, at Camp Vaiden to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking to go home to run his grist mill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the members of Captain E. B. Howell's company of state militia at Duck Hill, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking to be sent home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brigadier General J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning wood for building bridges for the railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brigadier General J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a discharge for Andrew J. Sullivan, a member of Captain Perrin's Cavalry Company.