From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Noxubee County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for the pardon of Adolphus Cline who was indicted for assault and battery with intent to kill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Shuqualak, Mississippi, to an F. P. Blair, addressed as Postmaster General of the United States, asking that a post office be established there and that Thomas Haynes be named postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Petition from the soldiers of the 1st Regiment, Mississippi Minute Men, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus protesting their transfer to Confederate service.