From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that armed Democrats have taken control of Warren County, Mississippi, and are threatening to kill anyone who opposes them, including Ames himself.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from J. H. Pierce in Oxford, Mississippi to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, writing for a pardon of George Mitchell, charged with murder. A copy of the indictment is included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor of Scooba, Mississippi H. Woods Jr. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting clarification on a law concerning the issuing of liquor licenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Aaron Smith in Sumner (now Webster) County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing an affidavit stating that Doctor W. H. F. Caldwell does not drink alcohol.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Marshall County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for the pardon of J. T. Baker, who was convicted of retailing without a license.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. W. Dedrick to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that several members of the Warren County, Mississippi, Board of Supervisors have been indicted in connection with misuse of county funds by the late assessor, and suggesting their removal from the board. Enclosed in this letter from Dedrick are two affidavits from members of the grand jury stating the indictment of those named supervisors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. License issued by Mayor E. Wells of Kosciusko, Mississippi, authorizing G. C. Edwards to sell liquor at a store house in Kosciusko.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from D. S. Satter and F. D. Meridith to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing him of their objections to the appointment of G. M. Cooksey to the office of County Treasurer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from U. B. Tabor to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing again to ask for his help with a local establishment that is selling liquors. States that it is hard for him to run his factory due to the local citizens patronization of said drinking shop.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from T. S. West to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. West writes to Alcorn to inform him of a movement within Wayne County, Mississippi, to remove A. Taylor as Deputy Sheriff and establish drinking saloons. West gives his views on this person and the efforts to have him removed. West strongly recommends against Taylor's removal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from D. M. Dunlap to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting Alcorn to use his influence to preserve the Sabbath day laws currently in place in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, which seem to keep certain types of businesses closed on the Sabbath. Dunlap states that there is a petition being circulated to be presented to the legislature to this effect.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Doctor George S. C. Hussey, a surgeon at the state hospital at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving a status report on the condition of the Natchez State Hospital.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from James T. Coleman at Vicksburg, Mississippi, replying to an inquiry concerning the case against Parker Lacey. Coleman believes an injustice had been done by the conviction of Lacey, arguing that a companion of Lacey had been swindled out of some money and when Lacey went to recover the money from the alleged swindlers, they had Lacey arrested. Coleman believes that Lacey was convicted because he is an African American man and the alleged swindlers are white, and that Lacey's punishment was far beyond his offense.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. H. West at Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his tavern be remitted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey to the unnamed sheriff of Winston County, Mississippi, authorizing the sheriff to remit the tax of Otho Naylor, and reduce the tax of Josiah Atkinson, who run a tavern and a grocery store respectively.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Three letters from J. L. Davis, S. S. Angevine, and Mayor R. D. McLean, respectively, all at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey. The first letter, by J. L. Davis, endorses S. S. Angevine for a special license to sell spirituous liquors and encloses Angevine's application for said license. The enclosed second letter, by S. S. Angevine, requests a special license to sell liquor. The attached third letter, by Mayor R. D. McLean of Grenada, certifies that Angevine has filed a petition to obtain a liquor license and that said petition is signed by a majority of the legal voters of Grenada.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. Shannon at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing a list of those businesspeople in the city who cannot pay the full tax owed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Otho Naylor in Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. May at Crystal Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his hotel be reduced.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Hanna North at Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on her tavern be waived, as she is a widow already struggling to provide for herself.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Caroline M. Burnes at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on her inn be waived, as she is an impoverished widow. Burnes's petition is sworn before and witnessed by Probate Judge David Ames on July 28, 1865.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James Allen at Nanachehaw, Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's help to have a plantation, which Allen alleges the federal government incorrectly deemed as abandoned, returned to the owner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sarah F. Buckner to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey's aid in obtaining compensation from the United States government for her losses during the war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey asking that J. W. Falvey, a disabled former soldier, be relieved from paying taxes on his saloon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General J. Z. George at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus submitting a report on the operations of his command in the last ten days.