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 Alcorn Collection. Printed circular from E. C. Wines at New York City, New York, stating that the latest volume of the Proceedings of the National Congress on Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline will be soon available. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Wines's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Merrill, Superintendent for the Mississippi State Institution for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving a statement on the condition of the facility, which is in need of furniture and funding.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from R. C. Webb in Lafayette County, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson, asking for a pardon and enclosing a letter from R. C. Webb's brother to Johnson, advocating on his behalf. The enclosed letter from William H. Webb at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Johnson, dated September 16, 1865, endorses R. C. Webb's petition and speaks to his loyalty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lyman Abbott, secretary of the American Union Commission in New York, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, informing Sharkey of the objectives of his organization, which is to aid the states devastated by the Civil War. Enclosed is a circular stating the commission's objectives.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sam Boyd at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Judge William Burnet for a government job.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James R. Challere at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if it would be safe for Hannah Berry - a formerly enslaved African-American woman - and her children, who were fathered by a slaveholder, to return to Mississippi. Challere also asks whether African Americans can legally hold property, and encourages Sharkey to obtain "160, 200, or 300" acres of land on which Hannah Berry and her children could live and work.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Incomplete letter from the firm of Corwine and Walker, attorneys at law in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning the mistakes made by Mississippi secessionists in departing from the Union in 1861.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Jones S. Hamilton in Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, informing him that President Davis wants to meet him this evening at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Correspondence between Theophilus Gaines in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Ohio Governor William Dennison sent to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus regarding a request of extradition for P. N. Lishawa who fled Ohio and took refuge in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor H. B. Gegan of West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, advising the governor of the desired arrest of Mr. Fred Brewer for "conduct outrageous in character."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Affidavit of George W. Stubbs, signed by Justice of Peace N. Marchand of Hamilton County, Ohio, concerning the application of goods and credit to the affiant by William Gilmer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Affidavit from Justice of Peace N. Marchand of Hamilton County, Ohio, to John Simpkinson, concerning the application of goods and credit to the affiant by William Gilmer. Attached is a certificate signed by Ohio Secretary of State Isaac R. Sherwood confirming that Marchand is an acting justice of the peace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter of reference from Simrall Young at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall for J. B. Conklin for appointment as commissioner of deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. B. Conklin at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, responding to correspondence of April 9th, 1869, concerning law in reference to commissioners.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Hiram D. Peck at Pike's Opera House in Cincinnati, Ohio, to D. C. Kearns, requesting an appointment as commissioner of deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Alexander H. McGuffey at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, seeking reappointment as Mississippi commissioner to administer oaths in Ohio.