From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Unfinished report from E. W. Laird, listing nominations for county officers from several counties. Notes include dates of appointments, names of officers, and notes of those who failed to qualify. At the end of the report, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn signs his name and requests the advice and consent of the Mississippi State Senate for the appointments.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. List of district and local enrolling officers on conscription duty in the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Affidavit and appeal from Lucinda Cantrill and Mary Jane Smyth, arrested for burglary and larceny, at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, stating under oath that they are not guilty and asking that they be released from jail in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The affidavit is sworn before and witnessed by Stephen A. Brown, probate judge and justice of the peace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from S. Parker at Livingston, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the tax placed on his cotton which was being shipped through Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Harrison, the Sheriff of Leakesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if Deputy Sheriffs are exempt from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Lewis at West Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining that Confederate General Buckner's agents are taking cattle and they have no authority to do so.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George Wood at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking permission to send his bacon or pork on the Mississippi Central Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. R. Carter at Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending John Lewis as a salt agent for Perry and Greene counties.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. H. Napier at Eucutta, Mississippi, to Colonel George S. Gaines, concerning exemptions from the military for slaveholders with 20 or more enslaved persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George S. Gaines at State Line, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, enclosing a letter from P. H. Napier concerning the exemption from the Confederate military of slaveholders with 20 or more enslaved persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. S. Harper at Santee, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking about the vacancy in the State Senate caused by the resignation of James Rankin.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Greene County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to raise a guerilla company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Augusta, Mississippi, by Julius B. Kennedy, Captain of the "Kennedy Guards," (Company G, 27th Mississippi Infantry), requesting orders.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. J. Hood at State Line, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus informing the Governor about the McLeod brothers, who were openly loyal to the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John H. Woodcock in Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing the Governor that the McLeod brothers of Kemper County, Mississippi were disloyal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas C. Rhodes in East Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning an alleged crime committed by Zackariah Er[??]hart in 1859. Letter damaged and hard to read.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Newspaper clipping listing Mississippi's state executive and judiciary officers for the year 1859. Included are salaries, terms of office, information on elections, terms of courts, and the times and places that courts are held. (On the obverse, the printed year 1859 is crossed out in two places and the year 1868 notated in pencil on the side).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Sworn statement from T. C. Rhodes to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus stating that he witnessed Zachariah Erkwood assault L. C. Rhodes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Reports "A" and "C" from the Mississippi State Geologist giving progress and results of the Geological and Agricultural Survey of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of appointments to office by Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for the year 1869.