From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. S. Belcher at Indianapolis, Indiana, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking why his request had not been answered. This may be in reference to an extradition request that was made by Belcher.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from several citizens of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking Pettus's help to get a special legislative act passed specifying rules for school trustee elections in the county as well as the duties of elected trustees.