From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Joseph Regan at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking that Sharkey appoint D. A. Parker justice of the peace for the 3rd police district of Claiborne County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. H. Maury at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking permission to create a police force. Maury alleges that the United States Army occupation troops are stealing cotton from the people of the community. Maury recommends a few men to name as captains, lieutenants, or sheriffs for the Mississippi towns of Rocky Springs, Bruinsburg, and Rodney.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Samuel McClellan at Rocky Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking Sharkey's help to get an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point for his son, Samuel Bascom McClellan.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George P. McLean requesting equipment for a cavalry company (Company F, Wirt Adams Cavalry) being organized in Claiborne County, Mississippi.