From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William Compton, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating that Dennis Alrick, a prisoner in the Mississippi State Penitentiary who was transferred to the asylum, has suffered mental anguish due to his conviction and Compton has offered clemency as a mode of treatment. Compton requests a pardon for Alrick from Governor Alcorn. Enclosed is a copy, by Compton, of a letter from physician T. J. Mitchell certifying that, in Mitchell's opinion, Alrick is "insane".

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Copy of a letter from Z. A. Philips, superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, noting the receipt of Dennis Alrick into the state asylum and requesting a pardon for Alrick on the charge of grand larceny due to his inability to control his own actions. Included is a statement from T. J. Mitchell, physician in charge of the penitentiary, certifying that in Mitchell's opinion Alrick was "mentally deranged" when sent to the asylum.