From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing movements of armed "white leagues" and their participation in racial violence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George W. Harper, editor of the "Hinds County Gazette" at Raymond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for a job appointment so that he can raise enough money to start up his newspaper again. Harper states that he has a large family to support, and has lost his property, the newspaper, and workers whom he formerly enslaved. To support his cause, Harper notes that he was a previous candidate for the Mississippi Secretary of State in 1860, in which he lost to Charles Albert Brougher by 2,000 state votes but had 149 more than Brougher in Raymond.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Raymond, Mississippi, by George W. Harper, editor of the Hinds County Gazette, concerning donation of guns to the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. R. Russell in Raymond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if the state will accept a company of dragoons for service in the army.