From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from J. J. Shannon at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, informing Sharkey that oaths would be printed at once.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Receipt from J. J. Shannon and Company for rent of an office at Meridian, Mississippi, for state officers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Voucher from the State of Mississippi to the Southwestern Telegraph Company, listing approved telegraph charges signed by Mississippi Governor Charles Clark for December 1863.