From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Annual report from H. Hobbs to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark on the operations of the Mississippi Lunatic Asylum. Also included is a letter dated October 6, 1864, from Dr. Robert Kells, superintendent of the asylum, explaining supplies needed by the asylum and asylum employees whom he requests to be exempt from conscription.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Phelan at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting arms for the companies that have been raised from Monroe County, Mississippi.