From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the officers of the Confederate 3rd Mississippi Infantry in Jackson, Mississippi, asking that they be sent to protect the Mississippi Coast.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William S. Bates in Pontotoc, Mississippi, concerning a bill owed by Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for printing announcements of his gubernatorial campaign.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Barnes in Arkansas, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of the agricultural produce that he will be sending him.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. S. Minniece in Hernando, Mississippi, complaining that the Chalmers family is blocking his application for District Attorney.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. S. Minniece in Hernando, Mississippi, seeking the office of District Attorney for the 7th Judicial District.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson in Yazoo City, Mississippi, seeking an appointment as Circuit Judge in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Reuben Davis in Corinth, Mississippi, concerning companies of Confederate 12-month men being organized at Corinth.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Reuben Davis in Corinth, Mississippi, concerning the recommendation to appoint John Chandler a Confederate Quartermaster in his command.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Reuben Davis in Corinth, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that James G. Paine has been appointed Chief of Ordnance for the State of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Madison McAfee in Jackson, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he will be away from his duties for about a week.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Madison McAfee concerning Confederate Captain P. L. Catchings, who has $4,000.00 that needs to be sent to the Confederate Government.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Miller in Moscow, Kentucky, introducing Captain E. G. Wheeler of the Confederate 1st Mississippi Cavalry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph R. Davis, recommending a Mrs. Terry for a position at the Mississippi Blind Asylum.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph M. Barry in Lexington, Mississippi concerning his application to be a Post Commissary.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John W. Thompson in Ripley, Mississippi, requesting that a forfeiture bond against D. B. Wright be waived.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the firm of Brown, Fleming, and Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, offering their services to aid in purchases made in Europe.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Dyer in Lexington, Mississippi, asking that the cavalry company of Confederate Captain J. T. McBee be mustered into Confederate Army service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lexington, Mississippi by members of the bar in Holmes County, Mississippi, recommending A. M. Harlow for District Attorney.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General James L. Alcorn in Columbus, Kentucky, giving Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus an update on the status of his Confederate brigade.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edward Fontaine of the Mississippi Ordnance Office in Jackson, Mississippi, offering recommendations on the fortifications needed at Vicksburg.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. O. Grigsby in the camp of the Confederate 10th Mississippi Infantry, asking about raising a company of Confederate cavalry for the war.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from David J. Red in Camp Beauregard, Kentucky, trying to get his Confederate Company A of the Mississippi 25th Infantry into a Mississippi regiment.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel T. J. Davidson in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to forward commissions for officers of the Confederate 3rd Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles S. Brackin in Holly Springs, Mississippi asking what the Mississippi State Coat of Arms will look like.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. W. Stokes and J. B. Morgan in Hernando, Mississippi, seeking a pardon for Jessie Willford, convicted of assault with intent to kill.
