From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. H. Plummer to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving his account of events concerning the Board of Supervisors in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, which Alcorn seems to have removed Plummer from.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, sent from Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending the appointment of M. M. Phares as the county sheriff, and William J. Keller as tax assessor.