From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William Johnson, a man incarcerated in the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, explaining how Johnson came to be imprisoned, and asking if his sentence could be reduced by any bit of time.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from a British citizen, James Stewart, at Rodney, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if it is legal to force him to serve in the military.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William F. Dowd at Camp Quitman in Fernandina, Florida, giving an account of the travels and service of the 24th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. B. P. Harris in Milldale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking the position of surgeon in a Mississippi military company.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. B. Davis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing a circular calling on Southern governors to save the South from alleged Northern tyranny.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Printed booklet from Florida Governor Harrison Reed to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, consisting of a transcript of the annual message to the legislature of Florida with accompanying documents.
