From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Hemingway at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending that Sam Coleburn be removed as tax assessor, alleging that Coleburn is often intoxicated and neglecting his duties.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Dave W. Heslep in Sunflower County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the manslaughter conviction of James Smith.