From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving notice of the Senate's confirmation of county officers for Panola County, Mississippi, and municipal officers for the towns of Panola, Sardis, and Batesville, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Barnes in Arkansas, a friend of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, telling him about conditions on his farm.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. O. Dixon at Abingdon, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning an attempt to buy salt for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. B. Johnson in Batesville, Mississippi, requesting an appointment as Army Surgeon for W. B. Hall of Eureka, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Joslin in Batesville, Mississippi, requesting that the Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus not pardon Frank Jackson, who was convicted of murder.