From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from L. B. Bains at Wahalak Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's endorsement of an enclosed petition from citizens of Kemper County, Mississippi, to United States Postmaster General William Dennison. The enclosed petition recommends Bains to be appointed as the local postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Shuqualak, Mississippi, to an F. P. Blair, addressed as Postmaster General of the United States, asking that a post office be established there and that Thomas Haynes be named postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson, Assistant Commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning J.G. Thygpen and C.W. Allen, who are charged with killing an African American.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the 41st Mississippi Infantry be returned to Mississippi. Moved to Box 25880.