From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas Palmer to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for the consideration of the Governor to appoint Palmer's son to the position of assistant physician at the asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. F. Warsham in Ripley, Mississippi, recommending Dr. E. M. Alexander for a military surgeon's position in the Army.