From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from P. A. Strobecker to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Strobecker requests that he be appointed to the position of Justice of the Peace in Washington County, Mississippi. He writes that currently there is only a one Magistrate and he is gone on business often which means the citizens of the Washington County are traveling to Greenville, Mississippi to conduct their business. He also makes it known that he believes his appointment would be accepted by all parties and races. (Enclosed is a letter from C. C. Shakleford introducing P. A. Strobecker to Governor Alcorn

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from George Fletcher, an African American man in Washington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, expressing his concern with the ability of African American people to make a living off the land when they are being charged $10 for an acre or two for rent. Fletcher asks Alcorn if he could make some arrangement for relief.