From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from George A. Spivey to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to withdraw his name from consideration for the office of chancery clerk. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Spivey's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mayor Thomas J. Binford of Duck Hill, Mississippi, to Mississippi Attorney General J. S. Morris, informing Morris that he has made application to be appointed to the office of chancery clerk of Montgomery County, Mississippi, and that he has learned that Dr. E.R. Armstead, a Democrat, has also been recommended. Binford states that Armstead is not a resident of Montgomery County but is from Choctaw County, Mississippi, by way of Texas, and that Armstead has been in Mississippi for a few months. On the reverse, in a note dated June 10, 1871, Morris refers Binford's letter to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Binford's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John McKenzie to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending Edward Armstead to the office of chancery clerk for Montgomery County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of McKenzie's letter.

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, containing a notice of the formation and organization of Montgomery County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Lynch's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John Marshall to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending Hiram S. Hill to replace T. C. Curry on the Carroll County, Mississippi, Board of Supervisors. Curry has been appointed to the Montgomery County, Mississippi, Board of Supervisors. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Marshall's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from G. A. Spivey at Winona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, introducing his brother M. R. Spivey. This introduction is in hopes that M. R. Spivey will be able to fill a need that the governor has. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Spivey's letter.