From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of a letter from C. F. Christenson, aide to United States Army Major General Edward Canby at Mobile, Alabama, to United States Army Brigadier General E. D. Osband, informing Osband that his action in taking the Mississippi state archives is approved. Christenson further states that General A. J. Smith has been requested to send the Mississippi Land Office's records from Montgomery, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi. This copy is transcribed by Osband's Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from an unnamed person (possibly Z. A. Philips, general salt agent for Mississippi) onboard the steamboat "Admiral" to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of Mississippi's convicts for labor in Alabama. (mdah_768-949-06-33 is the "enclosed document" referred to.)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Brigadier General William L. Brandon at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking arms and equipment for the Reserve Forces of the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, recommending Sidney Douglas of Mobile, Alabama, as a notary public. (This document is the enclosed letter mentioned in mdah_768-950-04-14).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter of application from Sidney J. Douglas at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, enclosing a letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, recommending Douglas to be commissioner for Mississippi at Mobile.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor at Selma, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning his plans to combat United States Army operations in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from C. M. Vaiden at Vaiden, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the need for salt in the counties surrounding the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. R. Chew, secretary of the Mississippi Relief Association at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning money set aside for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. G. Moore, the warden of the Alabama Penitentiary at Wetumpka, Alabama, to Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts, reporting on the prisoners from Mississippi whom the Alabama Penitentiary is temporarily holding. Then-Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus ordered that these prisoners be transferred from the Mississippi State Penitentiary to Alabama in 1863 through an agreement with then-Alabama Governor John G. Shorter. M. G. Moore's letter consists of handwritten copies of correspondence between Pettus, Shorter, Moore, and the Alabama Penitentiary board of inspectors regarding the transfer of the Mississippi prisoners as well as questions about the legality of Shorter's right to accept the prisoners and whether they can require the prisoners to perform labor. Moore intersperses brief explanations about these circumstances and his own actions throughout the letter. Appended to the letter is a receipt for prisoner-related expenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the effort to destroy allegedly illegal stills on the Mississippi and Alabama border.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Colonel James D. Stewart, ordering him to proceed to Richmond, Virginia, and pick up Confederate bonds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the work of Mississippi salt agents in Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning Mississippi prisoners being held at the Alabama State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning a memorial to be sent to the Confederate Congress.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Samuel Livingston, Clerk of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, explaining how Livingston preserved and reconstructed the court's records during and immediately after the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from R. N. Bornman to Quartermaster General William Barksdale in Jackson, Mississippi, stating he can forward an unnamed item if the state will pay for them.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Governor John G. Shorter of Alabama informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to send his convicts under guard, and they will be received.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from M. H. Leflere in Montgomery, Alabama, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of his whereabouts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of War L. P. Walker in Montgomery, Alabama, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus if the regiments stationed in Corinth, Mississippi, are armed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of War L. P. Walker in Montgomery, Alabama, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus if he can provide regiments with heavy double barreled shotguns.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of War L. P. Walker in Montgomery, Alabama, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that travel has been arranged.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of War L. P. Walker in Montgomery, Alabama, asking when the two requisitioned regiments sent by Confederate General Clark will arrive in Corinth, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of War L. P. Walker in Montgomery, Alabama, concerning the departure of troops from Mobile, Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of War L. P. Walker in Montgomery, Alabama, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to let him know if the letter is not received by Monday, and he will telegraph the contents.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from H. S. Fulkerson in New Orleans, Louisiana, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that samples must be returned to Belgium and will be returned after contracts are made.