From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Finis H. Little to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing in response to his telegraph sent to Sheriff Anderson concerning prisoners Moore and Gewin. Little also states that he believes that Moore will be acquitted and would not try to escape.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. J. B. Lane in Monroe County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that some of the state tax on his business be waived.