From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Texas Governor Edmund Davis to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, acknowledging his receipt of the joint resolution passed by the Mississippi Legislature memorializing the United States Congress to refund the taxes collected on cotton during the years 1865-1867. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Davis'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 Pettus Collection. Resolution from the State of Texas "In relation to the indebtedness of the Confederate States of America."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Wallace E. Oakes in Waco, Texas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the state of affairs in Texas. (Letter damaged and hard to read)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Texas Governor Sam Houston to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus transmitting the Texas secession ordinance. (Ordinance not included)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Horace H. Miller in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning Miller's service as Mississippi secession commissioner to the state of Texas.