From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. Stanley to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn of the assault on Representative Coggeshall, who had been approached by three men from Oakland, Mississippi, and subsequently shot. Stanley also reports that the assailants had been allowed by a justice of the peace to escape. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Stanley's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. E. Taliaferro at Oakland, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for the discharge from the militia of Mr. Keith.