From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Three receipts from E. W. Hilgard for items purchased for the Mississippi Geological Survey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William M. Strickland at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for shoes by men in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William L. Duncan at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if the cavalry company commanded by John N. Duncan will be accepted for service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Kellis at Kellis Store, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for an appointment as captain in the Mississippi Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. F. Avent at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking when Avent will be appointed a paymaster in the Mississippi Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Hughes at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus announcing the election of officers of the "Choctaw Rebels," (Compnay K, 24th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Theophilius Green at Utica, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing a letter from John Jasper Green, of the "Mississippi College Rifles," (Company E, 18th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the citizens of Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting transportation for three soldiers who wished to join the 16th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. H. Sanders at Deasonville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that clothes made for the "McClung Rifles" be sent to them (Company F, 18th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. A. Collins at Pittsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting an appointment as drill master for new Confederate Army recruits.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from N. F. M. Pugh to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting to know the salary of volunteers in the Mississippi Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Moses Jackson at Liberty, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the resignation of Judge L. J. W. Nix.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Madison McAfee, the Mississippi Quartermaster General, ordering him to determine how much the state is owed for items supplied to the Confederacy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Chief of Ordnance S[amuel] G. French to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning weapons seized in the state of Mississippi from U.S. Arsenals.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. W. D. Phillips, a member of the "Neshoba Rifles" (Company D, 11th Mississippi Infantry), to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning passes for new recruits.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph E. Pounds at Columbia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if a company will be accepted for six months service in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Kyle at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus urging Pettus to run for reelection as Governor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Draine Bankston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Dr. H. P. Atkins be appointed surgeon on the staff of Confederate General West.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. Q. M. Hains at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Pettus appoint a temporary district attorney.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Knight at Benton, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the possible passage of a "stay law" for debts in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. L. Walton at McRee, Florida, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a discharge from the 10th Mississippi Infantry to help care for his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Beauchamp at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning providing clothing for Mississippians serving in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. D. W. Duckworth at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a pass to take clothing to Captain W. H. Hardy's company (Company H, 16th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. C. Morehead at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting clemency for R. S. Reney, a convict in the state penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. P. Atkins at Middleton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the position of assistant surgeon in the 4th Mississippi Infantry.