From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John McClaren in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for an appointment as commissioner of deeds for the state of Mississippi. Judges Wilson McCandless and Edwin H. Stowe endorse McLaren's application.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Jones S. Hamilton in Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, informing him that President Davis wants to meet him this evening at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi.