From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the Firm of Clapp, Gates and Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the manufacture of tarpley carbines for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Legal document from C. C. Yates naming the employees of his company that are necessary for fulfilling a contract with the Mississippi Ordnance Department.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Legal Document from C. C. Yates, naming the employees of his company that are necessary for fulfilling a contract with the Ordnance Department.