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 Sharkey Collection. Letter from S. R. Fant at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the business tax be waived, as he is a wounded veteran trying to get back to his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from B. D. Castleman and W. J. D. Winton at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on their business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. S. Foster at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting that B. M. Walker be detailed to the local community.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. D. Deupree at Brookville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning who their local defense company should report to.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. D. Brooks in Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a petition to detail B. M. Walker.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. S. C. Foster at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing Thomas Grayson, who was seeking an appointment as a Confederate Tax Collector.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. D. Brooks at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that Mrs. Hinton's son be exempted from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. Hinton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have her son V. B. Hinton exempted from military service to help take care of their family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. G. Holbrook in Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking authority to raise a company of state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. L. Deupree at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting as drill instructor for the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jackson, Mississippi, requesting transport to Virginia of winter clothing collected for soldiers from Noxubee County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. J. Koger in Brooksville, Mississippi, concerning uniforms of the "Noxubee Riflemen," (Company D, 20th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. W. Calmes of Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning a plan to form a home guard of men from 50 to 60 years of age.