From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of the Senate Murray Peyton to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Ridgley Ceylon Powers, containing a notice of nominations that have been rejected by the Senate from Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Unfinished report from E. W. Laird, listing nominations for county officers from several counties. Notes include dates of appointments, names of officers, and notes of those who failed to qualify. At the end of the report, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn signs his name and requests the advice and consent of the Mississippi State Senate for the appointments.