From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Henry H. Burrgess in Essex County, New Jersey, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his work as commissioner of deeds for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Lieutenant J. F. Lewis, Company K, 3rd Maryland Cavalry, requesting rations to be issued for men in his command at Hazlehurst, Mississippi. The return is approved by Assistant Adjutant General W. A. Gordon, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of First Lieutenant J. F. Lewis, Company K, 3rd Maryland Cavalry, requesting fifteen days rations to be issued for forty-seven men, and one woman, of his command at Brookhaven, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain Thomas W. Caulfield, Company H, 3rd Maryland Cavalry, requesting twenty-one days rations to be issued for the men of his command at Hazlehurst, Mississippi. The return is approved by Assistant Adjutant General W. A. Gordon, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Henry Howard Burgess at South Orange, New Jersey, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking to be reappointed as commissioner of deeds, a position to which former Mississippi Governor WIlliam McWillie had appointed him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. P. Jordan, the state librarian of Maryland, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that a copy of the 1865 Maryland laws and House and Senate journals have been sent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lyman Abbott, secretary of the American Union Commission in New York, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, informing Sharkey of the objectives of his organization, which is to aid the states devastated by the Civil War. Enclosed is a circular stating the commission's objectives.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. Newton Mercer at Newport, Rhode Island, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Vicksburg, Mississippi, asking for help in proving he was loyal to the United States during the Civil War. Mercer had refused to take the allegiance oath under General Butler for fear of his estate being seized or destroyed, but had otherwise remained loyal to the United States. He asks to have his name as an enemy of the country cleared before he dies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. B. Lake to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey asking what his policy will be regarding African Americans and recommending that they be required to remain at home and work for wages.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Edward J. Elder at Frederick Town, Maryland, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking for Sharkey's recommendation of him for the post of collector of internal revenue for the Southern District of Mississippi. United States Treasury Secretary Hugh McCulloch will not accept Elder's appointment without a written recommendation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Edward J. Elder at Baltimore, Maryland, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey for a letter of recommendation for the position of Collector of Internal Revenue for the Southern District of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from an anonymous North Carolinian to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, urging Pettus to send Confederate soldiers to Virginia to protect the state from United States Army invasion.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Govenor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edward P. Jones, a member of the Legislature at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a bill to draft men between sixteen and sixty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. C. Robinson at Tupelo, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking how the Conscript Law will affect the 4th Brigade of the Mississippi Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel William H. Taylor of the 12th Mississippi Infantry at Sharpsburg, Maryland, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need for replacements in his regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. H. Mallory, a gunner on the CSS Morgan, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to transfer to a Mississippi command in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Biloxi, Mississippi, from Mrs. M. J. Reynolds, keeper of the Biloxi Lighthouse, concerning oil taken from the structure.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Oakland, Mississippi, by Joseph E. Talbert, complaining that a Missourian had brought enslaved people to Mississippi for protection.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Louisville, Kentucky, by Sterling C. Collingsworth, requesting $1,000 to "aid in uniting the South."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. M. Shipley to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus stating that one copy of the "Maryland Reports, Volume 16" had been forwarded to Pettus.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. G. Kilbourn at the Maryland Committee on Federal Relations forwarding their report to the Governors of free and slave states.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Mercer Green in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the discharge of his son Berkeley from the "University Greys."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Franklin Smith in Canton, Mississippi, to Maryland Governor Thomas H. Hicks concerning secession sentiment in that state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Wisconsin Governor Alexander W. Randall to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus sending joint resolution of the Wisconsin legislature pledging to defend and preserve the Union.