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 Spencer Adams in Marengo County, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the secession of Mississippi from the Union and quoting from a separate letter that Adams received from a former member of Congress.