From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. M. Wesson, owner of the Mississippi Manufacturing Company at Bankston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking Clark for protection from Confederate Army deserters who are allegedly raiding the county. Wesson states that the company the governor ordered to Bankston never arrived, and a company ordered by Colonel McCullough has left.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major Charles Baskerville at Columbus, Mississippi, asking that cloth for his battalion be sent from the Choctaw factory.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James M. Wesson in Bankston, Mississippi, concerning the method of payment for the clothing being produced in his mill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James M. Haynes in Kosciusko, Mississippi, concerning the making of soldier's uniforms by the Mississippi Manufacturing Company owned by Mr. Wesson.