From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Henry H. Burrgess in Essex County, New Jersey, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his work as commissioner of deeds for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Henry Howard Burgess at South Orange, New Jersey, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking to be reappointed as commissioner of deeds, a position to which former Mississippi Governor WIlliam McWillie had appointed him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Oath of allegiance to the United States by Henry Howard Burgess, a resident of South Orange, New Jersey. The oath is witnessed by the L. R. Waugh, Clerk of the Essex County Circuit Court.