From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. A. J. Rivers, the Constable of District 2, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking that he be paid for his service during the election term of 1868, and that part of that money be sent to his family and the balance sent to him. He also explains an accident with his gun, which discharged when he dropped it and put sixteen buckshot through his left ankle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. S. Hamm to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, lending his support for R. J. Morely as sheriff of Lauderdale County, Mississippi. In doing so, Hamm wishes to make known his objection to his own removal from said office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Requisition from E. Smith, superintendent of the State Asylum at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting funding needed for the asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of several Mississippi counties convened at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Lawrence Johnson be named special judge for a court at Meridian, Mississippi.

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. Telegram from Mississippi Adjutant and Inspector General Jones S. Hamilton in Meridian, Mississippi, concerning the drafting of men for the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Adjutant and Inspector General Jones S. Hamilton at Meridian, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to call out the militia in counties north of Lauderdale, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. C. Mosby at Lauderdale Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus who is seeking permission to distill whiskey for medicinal purposes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lee M. Gardner, Post Commissary in Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting an exemption from military service for W. B. Wilkerson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. F. Gillett at the hospital in Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that his brother, N. Z. Gillette, be discharged from the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain William Keeton in Marion Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning local men attempting to evade militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. F. Gatlin at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a military exemption for Henry N. Mulson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Heard at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a military exemption for F. S. Kemp, an overseer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William R. Moseley to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a commission to raise a regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William S. Barry in Columbus, Mississippi, concerning his efforts to raise a Confederate regiment for the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. W. Warden at Lauderdale Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a position in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Whitfield in Columbus, Mississippi, concerning the efforts of the Local Ladies Aid Society to send nurses to care for sick soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, by James H. Martin, tendering his services to help collect taxes for the Confederate government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Enterprise, Mississippi, by W. R. Mosely asking for the appointment of assistant surgeon of the 8th Mississippi Infantry.

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 Kennon McElroy in Lauderdale Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting guns for the "Lauderdale Zouaves." (Company F, 13th Mississippi Infantry)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Constantine Rea at Pensacola, Florida, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the arms used by the "Lauderdale Rifles." (Company F, 46th Mississippi Infantry).

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 Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major G. B. Morey at Lauderdale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking when Clark will come to review the troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Melton Brown, president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, to A. Murdock, describing allegedly violent excesses by members of Company K, 52nd United States Colored Troops, on civilians on a train at Lauderdale, Mississippi.