From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from Sheriff S. F. Kendrick of Monroe County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the ownership of cotton stored at Aberdeen, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from Sheriff F. M. James of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if Internal Revenue stamps are needed to make tax receipts valid.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from United States President Andrew Johnson at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning a dispatch that he sent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from a Mr. Patridge at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that Colonel Ira Batterton, the state printer, was dead.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from P. Hamilton at Mobile, Alabama, to A. Murdock, concerning orders from a Colonel Bishop forbidding the shipment of cotton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from M. Cooke, probate clerk at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if he is allowed to administer the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from Thomas A. Magee, probate judge of Franklin County, Mississippi, at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if recently appointed county officers will have to give new bonds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from John S. Robinson at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if a justice of the peace can administer the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from J. W. C. Watson and W. S. Featherston at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that the local commanding officer will not administer the oath to county officers without an order to do so.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from J. O. Walker at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if a justice of the peace can administer the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from H. J. Chalmers at Hernando, Mississippi, via Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if someone with military authorization to retail liquors can continue their business if they pay the business tax. At the bottom of the page, Sharkey's notation confirms they can.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from George S. Pace at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking how much civil officers can charge for administering the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from Colonel Samuel Thomas at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson, asking him to call on Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey and ask why Captain Pick was arrested.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from A. J. Williams at Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if the military has the authority to arrest citizens for civil offenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Tax list, probably from Clarke County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Clarke County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Sylvanus Evans be appointed as circuit court judge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from John Wilson of Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting a pardon for his conviction for selling liquor illegally. Wilson believes he is illegally imprisoned and wants to appeal for his freedom by habeas corpus. On the third page, a note from Franklin Smith states that Wilson cannot write but that Wilson's nephew signed the petition on his behalf.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Undated note listing answers to four unspecified questions concerning taxes on dry goods, groceries, and liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas Rigby at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's help for residents of the city who have had property seized by the government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from former Mississippi State Treasurer Shields L. Hussey at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking an appointment to a state office. Hussey discusses his own loyalty, stating his opposition to secession in 1851, the fact that he has not voted in any major election since secession in 1861, and his approval of the abolition of slavery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lewis H. Haslewood at London, England, concerning the settlement of overdue payments on bonds issued by the states. Haslewood states that the bonds must be paid by the first of July 1867, and a sinking fund of two percent must be created.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John R. McRae at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be remitted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James D. Brantley at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his small grocery business be remitted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from E. G. Judson at New York City, New York, asking for an autograph.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from C. S. Whitcomb at West's Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, in regards to a mule taken from Whitcomb during a raid three years prior. Whitcomb offers to sell the mule to the government rather than reclaim it.