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Letter from Robert L. Donnelly to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson; October 16, 1871
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Robert L. Donnelly to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson, asking for an update on the standing of his receiving a reward for the capture of George Hanby, who was wanted in Calhoun County, Mississippi for murder. Donnelly states that he has written the Governor several times concerning the reward but has not heard back from him.
Unfinished report from E. W. Laird; January 9, 1871
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.
Report from Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning officers and including Lynch's annual report.
List; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Undated list naming persons who are to have all legal and political disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment, by reason of their participation in the late rebellion, removed.
List; Undated
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.
Letter from Charles A. Lewers and M. D. L. Stephens to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 29, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Charles A. Lewers and M. D. L. Stephens at Pittsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that no more than 20 men at a time be called for militia duty so that the rest can raise their crops.
Statement of the police court of Calhoun County, Mississippi; February 13, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Statement of the police court of Calhoun County, Mississippi, recorded by clerk W. S. Hudson, certifying that a shipment of salt intended for the use of impoverished families of Confederate soldiers was allegedly destroyed by United States Army cavalry at Okolona, Mississippi.
Letter from Mississippi State Senator Jeremiah L. Davis to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 27, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Senator Jeremiah L. Davis at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Clark remit the forfeiture of bond against John Dickey, a man indicted in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, for alleged assault and battery in 1860.
Sworn statement from J. R. M. Duberry; February 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from J. R. M. Duberry, the salt agent of Calhoun County, Mississippi, certifying that the salt intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers in the county was shipped to Okolona, Mississippi, where it was lost to a fire.
Sworn statement from A. McDonald and L. Murphree; February 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from A. McDonald and L. Murphree, stating that the area near Okolona, Mississippi, was occupied by United States Army cavalry, and certifying that a depot near Okolona containing salt intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers of Calhoun County, Mississippi, had been destroyed in a fire.
Letter from John M. Lyles to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 19, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John M. Lyles at Sarepta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his offer to supply the state of Mississippi with cotton and wool cards.
Letter from J. M. Lyles to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 24, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. M. Lyles at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering to furnish cotton and wool cards to soldiers and their families in Grenada, Columbus, Aberdeen, and Macon, Mississippi. Lyles offers to furnish these cards at a low price due to their necessity.
Letter from Alex M. Clayton to W. H. Brown; April 8, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alex M. Clayton at Columbus, Mississippi, to W. H. Brown, advising about the present term of a court.
Letter from William Delay to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 27, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from William Delay at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining about seizures of goods from local citizens by the Confederate Army under orders from General Joseph E. Johnston.
Letter from Mississippi Senator Jeremiah L. Davis to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 7, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Senator Jeremiah L. Davis at Columbus, Mississippi, representing Yalobusha and Calhoun Counties, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for relief of C. J. Worsham from payment of his bond.
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 21, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from "loyal citizens" of several Mississippi counties convened at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that a special court be set up at Grenada, Mississippi, to pay claims for cotton and other personal property. The petitioners recommend R. D. McLain to serve as judge.
Printed circular from M. S. Jay; June 15, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed circular from M. S. Jay, a special agent of the United States Treasury Department, at Okolona, Mississippi, giving notice that he had been appointed an agent charged with collecting Confederate States cotton from Mississippi counties Winston, Choctaw, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Pontotoc, Tishomingo, Tippah, and Marshall, in light of the surrender of Confederate General R. Taylor to United States General E. R. S. Canby. Any person found selling cotton will be charged with embezzling public property.
Telegram from R. Maxey to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 18, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from R. Maxey at Enterprise, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of troop movements.
Petition to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Calhoun County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Hiram Horton to command a company of Partisan Rangers.
Letter from Captain F. M. Gillespie to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 16, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. M. Gillespie, Captain in the 3rd Mississippi Infantry at Egypt Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning seven deserters from his company.
Letter from General J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General J. Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the impressment of horses for use by the state cavalry.
Letter from Charles A. Lewers to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 9, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles A. Lewers at Pittsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to organize a battalion of overage men and exempts for the protection of Calhoun County, Mississippi.
Letter from Major Thomas Lewers to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 19, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas Lewers, Major of Wirt Adams' Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that his brother be exempted from the militia.
Letter from F. J. Ragland to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 15, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. J. Ragland at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the sale of pork to the Confederate Army.
Letter from S. J. Terry to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 17, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. J. Terry at Pittsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting authority to raise a mounted company.