From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Anderson Rutland to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recounting the events of how he was first imprisoned during the Civil War for horse theft and how he came to be released, only to be rearrested. He is asking Alcorn to review his case to see if his second arrest was legal in hopes that Alcorn would order his release.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Voucher from J. R. Coburn, operator for the Southwestern Telegraph Company, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, for payment of monies due for telegrams in April 1864.