From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of the Interior James Harlan at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the use of the "Mississippian" newspaper to publish the laws of the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of the Interior James Harlan at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, transmitting five hundred copies of President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation. Harlan states he is also transmitting copies of Johnson's proclamation appointing provisional governors for the states formerly in rebellion. (Copies of proclamations not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. T. Otto, Acting Secretary of the Interior, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the claim of R. S. Pryor of Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of the Interior James Harlen at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, informing Sharkey that he is being sent 70 copies of the laws of the United States.

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 Sharkey Collection. Letter from M. Emanuel at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting the Governor give his son-in-law an appointment as commissioner of deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. L. Skinner in Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, seeking to become Mississippi's commissioner of claims for the swamp and overflowed lands granted to the state by the federal government. Mississippi is entitled to indemnity for the lands by the General Land Office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George Whiting, acting chief clerk of the Department of the Interior at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, stating that he is mailing copies of President Abraham Lincoln's messages from 1860-1863.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Cobb R. Smith of the U. S. Department of the Interior to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus sending a set of the "American State Papers" for the state library.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Legal document from the citizens of Mississippi concerning the sale of swamp land in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William M. Strickland in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms for the "Jeff Davis Rifles," a local militia company (Company D, 9th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. B. Starke in Mohawk Place, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus stating the need for the Southern States to band together and protect their rights.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Wilson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus on behalf of the General Land Office transmitting a copy of the swamp and overflown land list.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of State Hamilton Fish at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, enclosing a translated letter from Vicomte de Faverney, the Charge d'Affaires of France, requesting copies of laws in the United States related to printing and bookselling.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Cox at the United States Department of the Interior in Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending Dr. J. E. Carpenter of Memphis, Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Ashton J. H. White, Chief Clerk of the Department of the Interior in Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the furnishing of reports of the United States Supreme Court to the State Library of Mississippi.