From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. M. Conner of Noxubee County, Mississippi, at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, at Jackson, Mississippi, asking if the tax on cotton should be collected before it is taken to market.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from D. F. Constantine at Shuqualak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be reduced. On the reverse, Sheriff W. M. Connor and Thomas Haynes endorse Constantine's request.