From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. G. Moore to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking to be appointed to the office of circuit clerk of Warren County, Mississippi, upon the resignation of the current officer Mr. Lea. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Moore's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Report from Charles E. Hooker in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving an account of his activities as secession commissioner to South Carolina.