From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from James Chism to Richard Burge, giving an employee reference on behalf of Peter Weber.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James F. Trotter and William M. Compton to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing for Sharkey's endorsement a petition from citizens of Holly Springs, Mississippi, to United States Postmaster General William Dennison. The enclosed petition, dated August 10, 1865, requests that Clement Reid be appointed postmaster of the town.