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. Petition from B. K. Bruce and several other citizens to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending B. K. Bruce to be appointed as a trustee of Alcorn University. A note from Bruce refers Alcorn to H. R. Revels for further information about himself. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to both the House of Representatives and the Senate covering numerous topics.