From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from L. Alcus to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, questioning if there is something that can be done to ease the burden of having to pay the newly levied school tax, which would be equal to the state and county tax already being collected.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. C. Fairman and H. C. Conn to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, which includes three items stuck together. One item is a newspaper clipping from The Citizen of Brookhaven, Mississippi. Another item is an affidavit from Mr. Conn concerning the authentication of a letter written by C. C. Eivers. The third item is a letter from H. C. Conn, requesting the removal of Mr. Eivers from his two appointed offices.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. D. McLindon to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary H. F. Hewson, requesting to know if the reward money that has been paid to John D. Moore, Sheriff of Lincoln County, Mississippi, was paid out of the Secret Service funds for the capture of James Dyas, who is charged with murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Unfinished report from E. W. Laird, listing nominations for county officers from several counties. Notes include dates of appointments, names of officers, and notes of those who failed to qualify. At the end of the report, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn signs his name and requests the advice and consent of the Mississippi State Senate for the appointments.

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 Lincoln County, Mississippi, and municipal officers for the town of Brookhaven, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from R. D. Lanier, deputy sheriff at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that Captain John D. Moore, sheriff, is absent on urgent business and as soon as he returns, he will answer Alcorn's letter. Moore includes a postscript at the bottom of the letter in which he states that he has enclosed a receipt for expenses of "Jas. Dias" [sic]. (Enclosed receipt not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. List of district and local enrolling officers on conscription duty in the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from C. Baskerville at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning $10,000 worth of medical supplies he had purchased.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain S. S. Fatherree, quartermaster of E. A. Peyton's Battalion of Mississippi Cavalry, at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to D. Hansboro, concerning the impressment of twenty-five pounds of salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Two copies of a letter from D. S. Pattison at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the settling of his accounts as salt agent for the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of a captain in the 2nd New Jersey Cavalry, requesting twenty-one days rations to be issued for a detachment of his command. The return is approved by Lieutenant Colonel N. J. Gibson, post commander at Brookhaven, Mississippi, and Assistant Adjutant General W. A. Gordon, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Major Alfred Hodsden, 2nd Louisiana Infantry (United States), requesting five days rations to be issued for the men of his command at Brookhaven, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Lieutenant Colonel N. S. Gilson, 58th United States Colored Infantry, requesting twenty-six days rations to be issued for the men of his command at Brookhaven, Mississippi. The return is approved Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of First Lieutenant J. F. Lewis, Company K, 3rd Maryland Cavalry, requesting fifteen days rations to be issued for forty-seven men, and one woman, of his command at Brookhaven, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of First Lieutenant J. F. Lewis, Company K, 3rd Maryland Cavalry, requesting fifteen days rations to be issued for forty-seven men, and one woman, of his command at Brookhaven, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel Charles Everett and Assistant Adjutant General W. A. Gordon, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Major A. Hodson, 2nd Regiment Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for the men of his command at Brookhaven, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. R. Lemman, the superintendent of the Confederate Nitre and Mining Bureau for District No. 11, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for an exemption for professor Eugene Hilgard, the Mississippi State Geologist.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from Thomas A. Magee, probate judge of Franklin County, Mississippi, at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if recently appointed county officers will have to give new bonds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sarah Heiderhoff at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Sharkey appoint her husband, F. Heiderhoff, as a lighthouse keeper on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. G. W. Jewell in Summit, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, complaining that the government has not provided sufficient officials who can give the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mayor Thomas Kenny of Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, stating he has enclosed his amnesty oath and qualifying papers to be mayor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List of charges from the Southwestern Telegraph Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for telegrams sent in February 1862.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from R. J. Bowen at Brookhaven, Mississippi, informing Adjutant General William H. Brown his company would pass up on tomorrow evening's train.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain R. S. Carter in Brookhaven, Mississippi, asking Adjutant General William H. Brown to order Captain J. J. Bowen to muster in the Bogue Chitto Guards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from W. B. Jelks in Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Quartermaster General Madison McAfee asking for six tickets to send six soldiers to Richmond to join the Lawrence Rifles in the 12th Regiment.