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 Pettus Collection. Letter from G. M. Fowler in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the sale of bonds to help fund the war effort.