From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Ch. A. Sullivan to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning a bill entitled "An Act for the Relief of C. A. Sullivan", administrator of G. C. Sullivan, the recently deceased sheriff of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Sullivan attempts to address objections and concerns raised by the governor concerning the bill. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Sullivan's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from R. A. Hill writing to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn on behalf of Rev. D. McGlachlan who is asking for state authorities to address the "outrages" against him by the Ku Klux.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. A. Metts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, updating him on the number of felonies which have been committed in Winston County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Henry B. Whitfield to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, addressing the placement of a Federal cavalry regiment within the county area. Whitfield gives his opinion as to who should be the commanding officer of the troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mrs. A. B. Meeks to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating that Mrs. Meeks is concerned about the way her property was assessed for tax purposes and appeals to Alcorn.

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. Report from Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning officers and including Lynch's annual report.

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 Sharkey Collection. Undated list naming persons who are to have all legal and political disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment, by reason of their participation in the late rebellion, removed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Legal document from citizens of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, certifying that J. M. Randall is well-qualified to be the dispenser of spirituous liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. List of district and local enrolling officers on conscription duty in the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bonds of Albion Ames, M. F. Ames, and W. James, given by said persons for their work as sureties or as state agents to dispense liquors in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. The bonds are witnessed by Thomas H. Gunn, justice of the peace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mary A. Christian at Forrest, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the impressment of her overseer into the Mississippi militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi state salt works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining that impressing agents were allegedly attempting to take the workers at the facility.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for clemency for James D. Manning, a Confederate soldier convicted of alleged horse stealing.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Samuel T. Harrison at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that James D. Manning be pardoned and allowed to go back to his regiment. The letter is endorsed by Judge James T. Hamm and District Attorney Samuel M. Meek.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Joseph A. Barrow for a position in the postal service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Middleton E. Owen be appointed postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James McKell, a justice of the peace at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, wanting to know if a military commander can try any person for offenses against state law.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from C. S. Fowler at Tibbee, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his new small business be reduced.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from F. H. Duquercron at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his small pharmaceutical business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that C. A. Sullivan be appointed District Attorney for the 6th Judicial District.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Captain D. M. Graves, commanding the 12th Indiana Cavalry at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that he has administered the amnesty oath to several of the officials of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Transcribed copy of a letter from W. W. Orme, a supervising special agent with the United States Treasury Department at Memphis, Tennessee, to Special Agent M. S. Jay, ordering him to collect Confederate cotton in Mississippi counties Noxubee, Winston, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Monroe, Pontotoc, Itawamba, Tishomingo, Tippah, and Marshall. Jay is ordered not to incur any unnecessary expenses, and to give reasonable compensation for the cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Letter from J.L. Crigler to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey asking permission to form a local militia company to protect citizens from the local negro population.