From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Publication titled Salt from the Onondaga Salt Company to the editor of the New York World.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. W. C. Watson, a former Confederate senator, at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, congratulating him on being named provisional governor and asking his help in obtaining a federal amnesty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. M. J. Terry at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a position at the deaf and dumb asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter offering a $200 reward for the capture of George M. Hibbler, wanted for murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Cowdan in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering suggestions on what to do if Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Milton S. Latham in Washington, D. C., to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a prisoner in Mississippi named Martin.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. H. Brooks in Sacramento, California, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for clemency for John B. Martin who was convicted for manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. C. Adams and M. L. Broughton to Fulton S. Latham requesting clemency for John B. Martin who was convicted of attempting to shoot someone.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. B. Davis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus entitled "Circular to the Southern Governors" outlining alleged conspiracy by the North against the Southern States.

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. Letter from George C. McKee at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting that Louis E. Cabanis of Los Angeles, California, be appointed a commissioner of deeds for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Frank V. Scudder, a notary public and member of the California Legislature, at San Francisco, California, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, seeking an appointment as commissioner of deeds. Scudder names United States Senator Eugene Casserly and Representatives James Johnson and Samuel Axtell as character references.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Alex Ostrander at New York City, New York, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging his receipt of a commission.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Daniel Sharp at Boston, Massachusetts, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, applying for appointment as Commissioner of Deeds.