From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Colonel Samuel Thomas of the Freedmen's Bureau at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to J. D. Collier, informing Collier that his rights as lessee of an abandoned plantation will be protected by Thomas and his men. (Document is related to mdah_776-960-01-16).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. Burwell at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving a statement at the request of R. S. Buck about the court case of R. B. Scott.