From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Stephen Winston, one of the crew of the Confederate Texas gunboat Josiah H. Bell, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an appointment in the Confederate heavy artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. H. Miller in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning Miller's appointment as commissioner to the state of Texas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Texas Secretary of State W. C. Philips to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting that all public documents be sent by mail rather than express shipping.