From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. W. Philips at Hickory, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, urging Clark to continue waging war against the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from S. J. Terry, Assistant Surgeon of Perrin's regiment of Mississippi Cavalry at Mount Milling, South Carolina, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for an exemption from military service because of poor health.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Report from A. J. Gillespie at the Auditor's office at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving the financial transactions of the state from November 1, 1863, to December 31, 1864.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from James A. Lyon at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, explaining why he was unable to attend the meeting of the Educational Commissioners. In a postscript, Lyon states that he is also sending a copy of his report entitled "Slavery and the Duties Growing out of the Relation", which he presented before the Presbyterian Church General Assembly in 1863. (Report not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from B. F. Arthur, the private secretary of South Carolina Governor Milledge Luke Bonham, at Columbia, South Carolina, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, enclosing copies of correspondence between Bonham and Confederate Secretary of the Treasury George Trenholm. (Letter and enclosures are damaged).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Report of the South Carolina government Sub-commission on Submarine Batteries, Torpedoes, and c., supporting a proposal for a steam-battering ram for naval vessels designed by William R. Scott and recommending that Scott's design be incorporated to ships under construction by the Confederate Navy at Charleston, South Carolina, or elsewhere in the Confederacy. The report is dated October 1862 and consists of meeting minutes, copies of letters from government officials and military officers, and Scott's description of the design. Also included is a note from Scott dated December 1862 that provides copies of two additional letters supporting his plans that he received after the sub-commission's report. (This document is the South Carolina Sub-commission report mentioned in mdah_409-397-02. This document is one of five documents in Series 409 that discuss William R. Scott's proposed plans for a steam-powered vessel. The other four documents are mdah_409-397-01, mdah_409-397-02, mdah_409-397-03, and mdah_409-397-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William R. Scott at Charleston, South Carolina, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Jackson, Mississippi, resending Scott's plans for a "steam battering-ram" and asking that the design be considered for use by the state of Mississippi and the Confederate Navy on western waters against the United States fleet. Scott states that he is also sending the report of the South Carolina Sub-commission on Submarine Batteries, Torpedoes, and c. (The South Carolina Sub-commission report that Scott mentions is mdah_409-397-04. This document is one of five documents in Series 409 that discuss William R. Scott's proposed plans for a steam-powered vessel. The other four documents are mdah_409-397-01, mdah_409-397-03, mdah_409-397-04, and mdah_409-397-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John H. Woodgate in New York to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey. Woodgate is seeking to introduce a new agricultural plant to the South, which he promises will be so profitable it will be "second only to cotton."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Haden Leavel at Benton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if there is any truth to a rumor about an order from United States President Andrew Johnson. The rumor purports that citizens of South Carolina will be compensated for the financial value of property taken by the federal government. The rumored order, Leavel heard, would include compensation to former slaveholders, as they considered enslaved persons as "property".

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Merrill, superintendent for the Mississippi State Institution for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving a statement on the condition of the facility.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed circular No. 13 from Major General O. O. Howard, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, concerning policy toward confiscated and abandoned lands.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William Hemingway to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing the application of Mr. G. A. Wells for postmaster in Carrollton, Mississippi. Hemingway endorses Wells for postmaster, speaks to Wells's loyalty as a Unionist, criticizes the incumbent postmaster as "lazy" and a secessionist, and asks Sharkey to recommend Wells to the United States Postmaster General. In postscript, Wells says that the prospect of a free Constitution is "brightening" but that it is "too early to predict the result". Enclosed is a letter from G. A. Wells to Postmaster General William Dennison asking for an appointment as postmaster of Carrollton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. B. Colegrove at Saint Louis, Missouri, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for an appointment to a government job.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus detailing the damage done to Jackson, Mississippi, and the surrounding county by the United States Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated letter offering advice on how to obstruct the Mississippi River to United States Navy gunboats.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. F. Smith at Hardees Station, Mississippi, in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting an exemption from militia service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Gage, a citizen of Yalobusha County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for legislation to force more men into the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List of Mississippi prisoners held in the Alabama State Penitentiary who volunteered to enter the Confederate Army. (List is the enclosed document mentioned in mdah_757-945-04-11).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Garrett, Tarpley and Company in Greensboro, North Carolina, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus they were sending a carbine for his inspection.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel Harvin, a member of the 24th Mississippi Infantry at Rome, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a discharge from the military.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the firm of Tarpley, Garrett and Company in Greensboro, North Carolina, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a breech loading rifle they were producing.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Eli Abbott at Egypt Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the election of a board of directors for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Alex Stuart at Richmond, Virginia to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the state of Mississippi's attempt to obtain salt from the firm of Stuart, Buchanan and Company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James N. Boyce in Greenville, South Carolina, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning bonds issued by the state of South Carolina.