From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from James Watts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing to ask if he is disqualified as being eligible to hold the office of justice of the peace, and if so asks that his letter be considered as his official resignation from said office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. S. Nimocks at Newton Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be remitted.