From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Hazlehurst, Mississippi and Others to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Wash Rawls who was convicted of murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from G. S. McMillan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, explaining that McMillan was not able to open court in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on time because of flooding.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Newspaper, containing a clipping from the Daily Mississippi Pilot, April 10, 1874.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List, containing government expenditures from February 23 to October 2, 1874.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff E. F. Haynie of Alcorn County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that he had to pay the fare for his guards on several railroads because their certificates for expenses had been denied by the railroad agents. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Haynie's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from O. J. E. Stuart at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Thomas D. Morgan for postmaster at Summit, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from G. Donnellan at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, acknowledging his appointment as a notary public for Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from former Mississippi Governor John J. McRae at Buckatunna, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if the state can provide him with transportation to Oxford, Mississippi, to attend the University of Mississippi Board of Trustees meeting. McRae also expresses his desire to make an application to President Andrew Johnson for pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Nat S. Price at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking Sharkey's help in obtaining a job with the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. H. Clark in Attalaville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning enslaved persons who were impressed from their enslavers to work on the fortifications at Grenada, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Various papers concerning the exchange of cotton for salt. Moved to Box 25880.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the President of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad H. J. Ranney, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning seizure of the railroad by the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Lum, a paroled prisoner at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if he can go home to work at his trade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Rubin Lee in Hancock County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about the lack of Confederate troops to defend the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. P. Guyard regarding a plan to obstruct the Mississippi River with pilings.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. A. Pierce in Shieldsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning one of his enslaved persons that he leased to the Confederate Navy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Isaac Applewhite at Columbia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need for mounted rangers to police local African Americans and disaffected citizens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Franklin Smith at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking authority to raise a guerrilla or partisan regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Kosciusko, Mississippi, concerning the membership of the Board of Directors of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. D. Bustamente in Kosciusko, Mississippi, about a meeting of the Board of Directors of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. B. Cammack at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting a permit to ship cotton on the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the president of the New Orleans, Jackson, and the Great Northern Railroad, H. J. Ranney, at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the sale of bonds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Magnolia, Mississippi, concerning "Toby," a disloyal man who refuses to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Cook and Brother at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering to refurbish old muskets by rifling and putting new stocks on them.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Resolutions from R. Charles Seay at the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad pledging to ship troops and munitions for free.