From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John W. Thompson in Ripley, Mississippi, concerning the conviction of W. G. Smith, who has served six years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Ripley, Mississippi, by John W. Thompson, requesting a pardon for B. F. Jackson, convicted of alleged murder.