From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed copy of a telegram from United States Army Lieutenant Colonel C. T. Christensen, by order of General E. R. S. Canby at New Orleans, Louisiana, to General G. K. Warren at Vicksburg, Mississippi, telling Warren to allow all cotton to be brought forward without any military restriction and ending the search for Confederate cotton. This copy is printed by Assistant Adjutant General Frederic Speed for General J. W. David.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of a letter from C. F. Christenson, aide to United States Army Major General Edward Canby at Mobile, Alabama, to United States Army Brigadier General E. D. Osband, informing Osband that his action in taking the Mississippi state archives is approved. Christenson further states that General A. J. Smith has been requested to send the Mississippi Land Office's records from Montgomery, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi. This copy is transcribed by Osband's Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller.