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.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. Shepperd to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving notice of the Mississippi State Senate's confirmation of county and municipal officers for Grenada County, Mississippi, as well as the 5th District Chancery Court Judge and Sheriff of Claiborne County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legislative document from Mississippi Secretary of the Senate Murray Peyton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn of the Senate's confirmation of nominations for several offices in Grenada and Claiborne Counties, Mississippi.