From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from New York and Hartford Publishing Co. to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a written sketch of the Governor's life to be included in an upcoming publication concerning the life of Democrats in America.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William C. Browning and Co., extending an offer of six months to pay off any order for clothing made to the company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Invitation and complementary from Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, for the Phillip Phillips concert held on March 30, 1871. Phillips was an internationally acclaimed spiritual hymn writer and performer based out of New York.

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 Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk at Demopolis, Alabama, informing him of a plan to trade cotton with United States sympathizers through New Orleans, Louisiana, in exchange for medicine and other supplies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to W. C. Watson, giving his agent his thoughts on cotton and wool cards, use of state troops, foreigners in the military, impressed enslaved persons, military supplies, and soldiers fit for service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John Condon at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Columbus, Mississippi, offering to sell cotton and wool cards to the state of Mississippi at $10.00 per pair, if he is allowed to ship 3,000 bales of cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. J. Smylie at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering to supply the state with 40,000 cotton and wool cards in exchange for $100,000 and shipping cotton to New Orleans, Louisiana, en route to Europe.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from G. W. Mellan at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning a trip to Europe by a Doctor Samuel. In a postscript on the reverse dated September 22, 1865, Mellan writes that he has received a dispatch from Doctor Samuel stating that Samuel will leave for Europe around October 4, and that Samuel wishes Mellan to "hasten all letters to him."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff O. Metcalfe of Adams County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if cotton grown in Louisiana is subject to the state tax of one dollar per bale.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Samuel M. Meek at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to be reappointed to the district attorney's position he held previously.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter written in French to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for information about Sharkey to be used in a biographical book of important persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John M. Grant in Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, advocating that Sharkey implement regulations that would legally compel formerly enslaved African Americans to live and perform labor under the control of former slaveholders. Grant bemoans the immediate abolition of slavery, insults the intelligence and morals of African-American people, and repeatedly expresses his belief that African Americans and white Americans cannot live together as equals. He claims that many other white citizens share his sentiments.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Edward Hazlewood in London, England, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning a bond issue that the state of Mississippi refuses to honor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Letter from A.C. Holt to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus updating the Governor on the care Mississippi soldiers are receiving in Virginia hospitals.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. G. Brown at Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Colonel F. Scheller of the 22nd Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to C. Steele concerning the exchange of cotton for salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Stewart at Rodney, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to be exempted from militia duty as he is a British citizen.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Trotter at Crystal Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Pettus recommend him for a commission in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Reuben Davis at Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the current political climate in the Confederate capital.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. G. Beck at Wahalak Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the possibility of setting up a factory to make guns.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jackson, Mississippi, concerning an effort to negotiate with holders of Mississippi bonds repudiated by the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the firm of Brown, Fleming, and Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, offering their services to aid in purchases made in Europe.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Buena Vista, Mississippi, by J. B. Gladney concerning a "financial policy for the country during the blockade."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Oxford, Mississippi, to Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk, requesting that he grant a passport to Professor Edward Carlisle Boynton.