From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. C. Chandler to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving Alcorn his objections to a bill that determines the location or relocation of the Justice of Clarke County seat at Quitman, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lieutenant William H. Quarles in W. K. Easterling's 3rd Regiment of Mississippi state cavalry, near Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of the regiment to hunt down alleged Confederate Army deserters in Smith, Scott, Rankin, Covington, and Jones Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Two letters from county officials and employees of Clarke County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending J. M. Floyd of Clarke County to dispense liquor for medicinal purposes. The first letter bears the signatures of George Evans and Wm. M. Hancock. The second letter bears the signatures of George Evans, C. W. Moody, H. Wells, and N. H. Cherry

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from J. Campbell and H. M. Morris at Clarke County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to be pardoned for selling liquor without a license. The two men state that they have been selling liquor at less than a gallon, and could not gain a license due to there being no tribunal to authorize one to them, but they have applied to the County Board of Police for one. Several citizens of Clarke County endorse the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from the citizens of Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the retail tax on William H. Patton be waived, as he is a teenager supporting a widowed mother.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from L. Norris and F. A. Hoyle at Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on their business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Isabella McSwain in Perry County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to draw provisions from the government, as United States Army raids during the Civil War allegedly took her crops and livestock.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from D. F. Dozier at Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that he intends to run for clerk of the state convention.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. Gatlin at Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if he is exempt from militia duty as he is the Justice of the Peace in Clark County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Laban Caraway at Anson County, South Carolina, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that his fifteen year old son be discharged from the 14th Mississippi Infantry, Company A.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Asa Woodard at Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking how to ""dispose"" of a Unionist man named Kidd who lives in the community.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James M. Seales at Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a petition to be forwarded to Confederate General Earl Van Dorn.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. A. Trombo at Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking permission to raise a partisan ranger company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Shubuta, Mississippi, by L. Sevitolsky, asking Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus for a copy of his oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. Carr in Shubuta, Mississippi, asking if Lewis Schwedolsky had taken the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert J. Lawrence in Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning weapons and equipment for the "Shubuta Rifles." (Company A, 14th Mississippi Infantry)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. Greenhood in Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting release from service with the "Shubuta Rifles." (Company A, 14th Mississippi Infantry)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Cooper in Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering information on the whereabouts of George Cherry, who murdered William F. Cooper.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Cooper in Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing jury inquest findings on the murder of William F. Cooper by George Cherry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, stating that Taylor would not need Colonel W. K. Easterling's Regiment and that it was subject to Clark's orders.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major General Franklin Gardner at Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, informing him that the United States Army crossed the Pearl River, and were moving eastward.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking him to move the Mississippi Militia to Shubuta, Mississippi, and Buckatunna, Mississippi, as rapidly as possible.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Brigadier General Bryan M. Thomas at Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking him to order any available men to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to help defend it.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Melton Brown, president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, to A. Murdock, describing allegedly violent excesses by members of Company K, 52nd United States Colored Troops, on civilians on a train at Lauderdale, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. P. Bowman at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting executive clemency as he was indicted for dispensing liquor without a license.