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 that the Senate had confirmed the accompanying list of county and municipal officer nominations for Lowndes, Tippah, Copiah, Clarke, Carroll, and Jackson Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. J. Smylie at Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to run cotton past the United States Navy's blockade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. M. Fairley and citizens of East Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Sidaine Krebs be released from the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Lewis at West Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining that Confederate General Buckner's agents are taking cattle and they have no authority to do so.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Lewis at West Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing the Governor of the suffering of the people on the Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from West Pascagoula, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of the suffering of the people on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Rubin Lee in Hancock County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about the lack of Confederate troops to defend the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from NOLA by Confederate General Charles G. Dahlgren, concerning the urgent need for defenses on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. G. Kendall in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of an effort on the Gulf Coast to defeat him in the upcoming election.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Lewis at West Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning measures that need to be taken to defend the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas C. Rhodes at Pass Christian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting arms for a local defense company to help protect the coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Woodcock in Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a Unionist ship pilot named William Jones whose ship was seized by the Confederates.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Lewis in West Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms so that a local militia can be formed to protect the coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Lewis in West Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a land problem.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas C. Rhodes in East Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning an alleged crime committed by Zackariah Er[??]hart in 1859. Letter damaged and hard to read.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Lewis in West Pascagoula, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus if the commissioner to locate overflowed lands in Jackson County, Mississippi, had resigned.