From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. E. Jolley to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, addressing a letter he sent on June 9, 1871 concerning an incident where a county sheriff would not receive a prisoner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. M. P. Williams to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that he arrived in Natchez, Mississippi, on May 17th, and he tried to meet with the mayor and Board of Aldermen but they held a private meeting without him. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Williams'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 Robert J. Davis, E. S. Fisher, and Jason Niles to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing recommendations that Robert J. Davis be appointed to the office of circuit court clerk in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Jas Bingham to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking to move forward with the appointments from his area of Jefferson County, Mississippi, as they are needed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. M. Wilkinson to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing a follow up letter of resignation of his position as alderman of Shieldsboro, Mississippi, and assessor of Hancock County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas B. Danforth to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, resigning his position as the 5th District Constable and Postmaster citing his age as the reason. He goes on to recommend T. G. Wallace as his replacement.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Printed circular from E. C. Wines at New York City, New York, stating that the latest volume of the Proceedings of the National Congress on Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline will be soon available. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Wines's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William Price to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, addressing rumors that there may be persons from outside of the state trying to have him removed from his office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving updates about Abe Hucabee, the Mitchell murder case, submission of a pay warrant for the governor's signature, and also noting that Dr. Emanuel had furnished the Secret Service agency with 5 half-price fare passes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert J. Hill, president of the Board of Police of Tippah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning a shipment of salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Contract of John M. Lyles, offering to supply the state of Mississippi with 2,000 pairs of cotton cards per month. On the reverse, several citizens endorse Lyles.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that blacksmith Henry J. Goss be exempted from duty in the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from E. S. Fisher at Long Beach, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the seizure of private property by the Confederate government without compensation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. Hartzog at Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for the appointment as dispenser of spirituous liquors for Lawrence County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from H. Cassidy at Franklin County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning the new militia act. Cassidy complains that, in his opinion, the enforcement of the act will leave no men to protect the county from perceived threats such as enslaved persons liberating themselves.

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. Application of S. J. Harper of Stubb's Cavalry Battalion, in Simpson County, Mississippi, to be detailed as a blacksmith.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alex M. Clayton at Columbus, Mississippi, to W. H. Brown, advising about the present term of a court.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from F. S. Blount, Chief Agent of Impressment at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning the use of county sheriffs to act as impressment agents.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. G. Norwood in Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the raising of a company of cavalry for state service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from the firm of Norman and Company at Decatur, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, regarding their contract and operations to provide salt for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from several citizens of Poplar Creek, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning abuses allegedly committed in Choctaw County, Mississippi, by a Lieutenant Brock's cavalry. The citizens attest that Brock and his men are torturing civilians. (mdah_768-949-01-17 is a response to this document).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from D. W. Johnston, assessor of Hancock County, Mississippi, at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, stating that he had just received word of the tax on businesses in the state. Johnston also mentions a local businessmen who sells several goods in the same building, and asks if he must pay separate business tax for every good sold.