From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving notice that Y. T. Haskins and James Ledford have declined their appointments to the selectmen of Bogue Chitto, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from L. Alcus to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, questioning if there is something that can be done to ease the burden of having to pay the newly levied school tax, which would be equal to the state and county tax already being collected.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. C. Fairman and H. C. Conn to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, which includes three items stuck together. One item is a newspaper clipping from The Citizen of Brookhaven, Mississippi. Another item is an affidavit from Mr. Conn concerning the authentication of a letter written by C. C. Eivers. The third item is a letter from H. C. Conn, requesting the removal of Mr. Eivers from his two appointed offices.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from C. M. Bisbee to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, enclosing a letter of introduction and stating that Bisbee has the endorsement of two senators and the Secretary of the Senate. (No enclosure included)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. D. McLindon to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary H. F. Hewson, requesting to know if the reward money that has been paid to John D. Moore, Sheriff of Lincoln County, Mississippi, was paid out of the Secret Service funds for the capture of James Dyas, who is charged with murder.

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 Alcorn Collection. Letter from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving notice of the Senate's confirmation of county officers for Lincoln County, Mississippi, and municipal officers for the town of Brookhaven, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending A. G. Mayers for appointment as a commissioner to visit and provide relief to Mississippi soldiers held in prisoner of war camps.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Laney in Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about the drafting of men into the Mississippi state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Reuben Davis in Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning financial conditions in his command.