From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if men drafted into the militia can be enrolled in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from an anonymous person in Arkansas to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus suggesting that torpedoes be used to blow up trains.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Wren at Liberty, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the trade of salt and coffee for cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Hurt at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking to be compensated for the loss of his horse and equipment to the United States Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. P. Miller in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about high taxes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Henry Calhoun at Verona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about the lack of white men to control the African American population in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas Green Davidson in Amite County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to donate salt to the families of Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas C. Billups at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing E. L. Messenger, owner of a tanyard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel Benezet, the private secretary of the Governor of Florida, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, enclosing resolutions passed by the Florida legislature. (Resolution not present)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. N. Gilman at Tangipahoa, Louisiana, to the Provost Marshal at Jackson, Mississippi, sending an enslaved man for confinement, as he attempted to escape to the United States Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Moody, O'Ferrall and Company at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting permission to transport 1,000 bushels of corn on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus in Jackson, Mississippi, concerning a shipment of cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to the Edward C. Elmore, Treasurer of the Confederate States of America, concerning export duties on cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus to Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter concerning Mississippians who were drilling for salt in Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. F. Berry at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if men drafted into the militia can be enrolled in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Quartermaster Livingston Mims at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning railroad transportation for 1000 bushels of corn.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph T. Randolph at Tibbee Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an exemption from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives, secretary for Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus, at Jackson, Mississippi, to James Magee, British Consul in Alabama, concerning drafting of British citizens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. Thompson, an aide to Confederate General John C. Pemberton, at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning pardon for state inmates to join the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. McMorris in Mashulaville, Mississippi, complaining to the Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus about inequality in the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Kirksey in Crawfordville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about the Confederate buying agents working his county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Poindexter at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning Poindexter's plan to place "submarine batteries" in the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from I. Applewhite in Columbia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a position as an enrolling officer in the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry Marshall to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus enclosing a letter by T. P. Hall that includes plans for a submarine boat.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Brigadier General J. Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the discontent caused in the militia by the Confederate conscription law.