From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from I. A. Orr to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting that payment be made to the men sent to Memphis, Tennessee to escort a Mr. Gwen back to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from G. M. Abbott to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, notifying him of the resignation of A. P. Shattuck from the office of Mayor of Okolona, Mississippi. By the request of John Whib, Abbott recommends W. E. Weddell and E. J. Buford as Aldermen, as well as E. J. Ruford to replace Rich A. Pollard who does not act as Aldermen but has not resigned either.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letters from Judge Jehu Amaziah Orr and John McIntosh to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing a recommendation and attached letter from John McIntosh to Alcorn for the office of Marshall in Okolona, Mississippi in support of B. J. Abbott.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. F. Tucker to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving Alcorn his thoughts on why the assassins of Taylor Hill have not been arrested.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. Hunt to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting help in the matter of his brothers murder. Hunt claims that he has spent all of his money trying to get justice and feels as if he has not received justice yet and asks the Governor to look into the situation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. Buford to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving Alcorn an update concerning the case of State v. Moore and Wilson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from S. M. Meek to Judge Jehu Amaziah Orr, with statements concerning the assassination of Taylor Hill, esq.,. Other statements are included written by Barry Matthews and W. W. Humphries.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Judge Jehu Amaziah Orr to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning H. T. Hill esq., who seems to have been assassinated. The letter details how Hill had been lured away from Columbus, Mississippi, by his college friend and then ambushed by four men.

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 Barney Hansel to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, applying for the post of Chickasaw County Sheriff. (Enclosed is a letter from Colonel James Gordon introducing Barney Hansel, and recommending Mr. Hansel for the office of sheriff of Chickasaw County, Mississippi)

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, informing Alcorn of the actions of the Senate in the matter of confirming persons appointed to county officer positions by Alcorn, and one nominee who was not confirmed. Attached is a list of names of appointees.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Expense report from L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, to J. K. Stephenson, submitted for railroad fares, horse rentals, and other expenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Major R. S. Moore at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Lieutenant E. Weakley, concerning efforts of "certain parties" to claim cotton for the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from several citizens of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning outrages allegedly commited by United States Colored Troops stationed in their community.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Meridian, Mississippi, to six colonels in the Mississippi militia, ordering them to keep their companies ready to protect life and property.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Statement of the police court of Calhoun County, Mississippi, recorded by clerk W. S. Hudson, certifying that a shipment of salt intended for the use of impoverished families of Confederate soldiers was allegedly destroyed by United States Army cavalry at Okolona, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lee Fleming in the office of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of the railroad by the citizens of Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from J. R. M. Duberry, the salt agent of Calhoun County, Mississippi, certifying that the salt intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers in the county was shipped to Okolona, Mississippi, where it was lost to a fire.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from A. McDonald and L. Murphree, stating that the area near Okolona, Mississippi, was occupied by United States Army cavalry, and certifying that a depot near Okolona containing salt intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers of Calhoun County, Mississippi, had been destroyed in a fire.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. D. Holder at Egypt, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, expressing his opinion that some men in Tippah County, Mississippi, and Tishomingo County, Mississippi, should be exempted from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lock E. Houston at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to James Harrison, enclosing the affidavit of N. Oswell concerned with the alleged murder of W. Rucker by William L. Stricklin. Oswell's affidavit, dated September 5, 1864, is sworn before and witnessed by justice of the peace T. C. Brown.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Charles W. Anderson, adjutant to Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, at Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning movements of the United States Army cavalry near Abbeville, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John M. Lyles at Sarepta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his offer to supply the state of Mississippi with cotton and wool cards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from E. W. Upshaw at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, introducing Doctor Robert M. Tindoll and B. H. Shepherd of Okolona, Mississippi, who want to make cotton and wool cards for the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate Major General Samuel J. Gholson, ordering him south to repel United States Army operations from the direction of Canton, Mississippi.