From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. License issued by Mayor E. Wells of Kosciusko, Mississippi, authorizing G. C. Edwards to sell liquor at a store house in Kosciusko.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter to R. J. Mathews, responding to Mathews's request for information concerning the Anderson Beacham case, in which Beacham was charged with arson for burning the home of Wash Ford. The letter goes on to say that Beacham was convicted upon circumstantial evidence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Dr. E. H. Anderson be pardoned for allegedly illegally selling spirituous liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Dr. E. H. Anderson be pardoned for allegedly illegally selling spirituous liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. A. P. Campbell at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for a pardon for Dr. E. H. Anderson, convicted of illegally selling spirituous liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Affidavit of W. J. Young, certifying under oath that the liquor he purchased from Dr. E. H. Anderson was for medicinal purposes. The affidavit is sworn before and witnessed by Jason Niles, justice of the peace in Attala County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff Alexander G. Noah of Attala County, Mississippi, at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that W. W. Perkins, Deputy Circuit Clerk, be exempted from the draft due to illness.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson, a local judge in Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning exemptions for local officials.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Captain W. D. Snead, commanding a battalion in Lay's cavalry, at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning adding a company to his command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Certificate from J. D. Sallis, J. A. Wallace, J. W. Scarborough, and A. G. Noah at Kosciusko, Mississippi, stating that William D. Kelly, a resident of Attala County, Mississippi, would be a good dispenser of liquor for medicinal purposes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from G. L. Clark, tax assessor for Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the tax owed on cotton purchased with Confederate money.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from G. L Clark at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, wanting to know if earnings made in Confederate money are taxable.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Probate Judge I. W. Scarborough in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if justices of the peace can administer the amnesty oath, if elections will be held soon, and if ministers who have not applied for amnesty can perform marriages.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Attala County, Mississippi, to United States Postmaster General William Dennison, recommending Colonel S. Durham for postmaster at Kosciusko, Mississippi, a position he has held for twelve years.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Probate Judge Isaac W. Scarborough at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting a re-appointment as county probate judge, a position he has held for three successive terms. Scarborough is fifty years old, in poor health, and has six children to care for.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from L. D. Fletcher, Captain of the Minute Men of Attala, to Adjutant General William H. Brown, asking if his company has marching orders.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain Henry Jamison to Adjutant General William H. Brown, stating that Captain Terry had disappointed him and asking if he should apply to another captain.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Samuel J. Gholson in Okolona, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the United States Army that were there have been driven back.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain J. B. Moore in Kosciusko, Mississippi, concerning the organization of the Attala Yellow Jackets.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the bad behavior of Smith's regiment in a recent fight with United States Army raiders.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry C. Martin and Thomas Sallis at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for horses to mount a local defense.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the Governor aid Lewis M. Nash.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Christopher Tebault at Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning taxes owed on a piece of family property near Kosciusko, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Judge L. W. Scarborough at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking how the impoverished people of his neighborhood can obtain salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Benjamin Clark in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, offering his services as a purchasing agent for the state.