From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. H. Mims, county assessor, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, in reference to the assessment of railroad property in Wayne County, Mississippi, asking if such property can be taxed. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Mims's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from L. M. Carruth, writing on behalf of citizens of Benton County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, who wish to construct a railroad through the county. Carruth asks if they would be allowed $4,000.00 per mile for a narrow gauge road. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Carruth's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff E. F. Haynie of Alcorn County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that he had to pay the fare for his guards on several railroads because their certificates for expenses had been denied by the railroad agents. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Haynie's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from M. Emanuel, president of the Vicksburg and Meridian Rail Road Company, to H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, informing Hewson that he will grant a free pass to blind persons desiring to ride the train in order to go to and from the Mississippi Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Emanuel'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. Letter from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving a notice of persons recently confirmed and rejected by the Senate for offices at Alcorn University and Noxubee, Tallahatchie, Franklin, Pike, Panola, Holmes, Leflore, and Sunflower Counties, Mississippi.

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 Alcorn Collection. Letter from Henry B. Whitfield to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, addressing the placement of a Federal cavalry regiment within the county area. Whitfield gives his opinion as to who should be the commanding officer of the troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. C. Fairman and H. C. Conn to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, which includes three items stuck together. One item is a newspaper clipping from The Citizen of Brookhaven, Mississippi. Another item is an affidavit from Mr. Conn concerning the authentication of a letter written by C. C. Eivers. The third item is a letter from H. C. Conn, requesting the removal of Mr. Eivers from his two appointed offices.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn detailing the concerns of the writer about getting a railroad charter through the legislature.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Receipts from E. L. Woodson on the account of the State of Mississippi, for transportation of soldiers and citizens from Jackson, Mississippi to Meridian, Mississippi on the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad.

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. Expense report from James D. Cunningham.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Simon Stevens to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, showing a map of the world displaying existing and proposed transcontinental routes of commerce.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Central Railroad President Absalom Madden West to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending James Hart to succeed Mr. Nobors or one of the African American men on the city council of Holly Springs, Mississippi, and giving his objection to the suggestion of Mr. Emory for the same position. (Note from O. Davis endorsing the letter)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter of resignation from Iverson Meadows, Mayor of Burnsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Meadows is resigning due to his working for the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Meadows's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of the Senate Murray Peyton and A. M. West, Jr. to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending a list of recommended county officers that have been confirmed by the Senate. (Attached to Peyton's letter is a letter from A. M. West, asking that his name be removed from consideration for the office of assessor of Marshall County, Mississippi)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from C. A. Johnston to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking that Alcorn appoint him to represent the State at the next stockholders meeting of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from William S. Patton, including several items stuck together from Lauderdale County, Mississippi, concerning the deposition of W. S. Patton and his statement of how he came to find the bodies of several men of color who had been murdered.

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. Invoice from Emmett Woodson certifying the transportation of 31 soldiers from Meridian, Mississippi, to Jackson, Mississippi, via the Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad by request of Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, and submitting this for payment for said service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legislative document from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to the Senate and the House of Representatives, addressing the legislature with instructions for setting up the State's Judicial Districts and courts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from F. M. White, president of the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, introducing Montgomery Lynch, a civil engineer. White asks for Lynch to be considered to take the survey of the Vicksburg and Memphis Railroad. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of White's letter.

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. Report from William Morest at Grenada, Mississippi, to L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, stating what part of the state he is working in. He also states that the officials from several counties are cooperating with him in his investigation into the assassination of W. F. Brantley, mayor of Winona, Mississippi, and his tracking of fugitives who have escaped from jail in those counties. He recounts his conversation with Brantley's widow. Morest further explains his intentions to carry out the investigation.