From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John J. Martin to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting information on becoming a citizen of the United States. Martin claims to have been a citizen of Great Britain but had lived in the States for 20 years and desired citizenship.

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 Pettus Collection. Agreement from James Gonegal to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to supply the state of Mississippi with 50, 000 sacks of salt in exchange for cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Barksdale and McFarland at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Wilson Robertson, a resident of Great Britain, who wished to avoid conscription into the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brigadier General Charles Smedes in Bolton, Mississippi, discharging James Stewart from the militia, as he is a British citizen.

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 W. A. Champlain at Handsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus warning Pettus of people along the coast who are trading with United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. B. Cammack at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting a permit to ship cotton on the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from a British citizen, James Stewart, at Rodney, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if it is legal to force him to serve in the military.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Stewart, a British citizen, in Rodney, Mississippi, asking if it is legal to force him to serve in the Confederate military.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from British Consulate George Coppell at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a Mississippi law requiring foreign nationals to serve in the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brookhaven, Mississippi, by E. L. Bowen, informing the Mississipi Governor John Jones Pettus of a suspicious character, a "Mr. Gonagal."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. J. McCormick in Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus stating the South will be punished for the wrongs it had done him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. McCallen in Handsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining that the "Coast Rangers" had not been mustered into service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus from H. O. R., the author of the book "The Governing Race," which argues that slavery is in accordance with Christian teachings.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Phelan in Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the clemency of a young enslaved boy who was about to be executed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. Boyd Sheddan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting an appointment as commissioner of deeds for Mississippi in New York City, New York.