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 Pettus Collection. Letter from James N. Boyce in Greenville, South Carolina, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning bonds issued by the state of South Carolina.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Geologist Eugene W. Hilgard to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending a Dr. Riddell for a job with the Mississippi Geological Survey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William D. Lyles in Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi John J. Pettus concerning a possible financial panic caused by the uncertain political situation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from South Carolina Governor William H. Gist to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing Pettus that his state will leave the Union if Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States.