From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Secretary of the Mississippi State Senate Murray Peyton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, confirming nominations by the Mississippi State Senate for Washington, Pontotoc, Smith, Lauderdale, Copiah, Franklin and Lee Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Secretary of the Mississippi State Senate Murray Peyton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, noting the Mississippi State Senate's confirmation of several county officers for Yalobusha, Neshoba, and Jasper Counties of Mississippi, and rejected nomination of S. F Bugg from Washington County, Mississippi.