From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from General M. F. Force at Jackson, Mississippi, to B. G. Humphreys, whom Force mistakenly addresses as "Governor of Ohio", requesting that freedmen who have leased land should not have their leases interfered with.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from F. W. Boyd at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning pardon papers for his brother, Judge Boyd.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from D. W. Johnston, assessor of Hancock County, Mississippi, at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, stating that he had just received word of the tax on businesses in the state. Johnston also mentions a local businessmen who sells several goods in the same building, and asks if he must pay separate business tax for every good sold.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from B. S. Trice at Verona, Itawamba County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be reduced.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas T. Eckert, acting Assistant Secretary of War at Washington, District of Columbia, to United States Army General Henry W. Slocum at Jackson, Mississippi. Eckert writes on behalf of United States President Andrew Johnson, telling Slocum that if he had made an order that countered Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey's proclamation for a formation of state militia, then Slocum must revoke the order at once. (This letter is related to mdah_771-956-06-22).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. Ward at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, introducing Mr. James Randle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sharkey Matilda at Brownsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's aid in obtaining compensation for the damage allegedly done to her property by the United States Army. Included is a list of the property damaged.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from J. S. Carver at Shuqualak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived. Attached is a letter of support from Sheriff W. M. Conner dated September 6, 1865.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petitions from citizens of Flewellyn's Crossroads in DeSoto County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking that a post office be established in their town and that James A. Harris be appointed as town postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from James P. Dancer in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that his business tax be remitted because he believes the amount of goods he traded is too small to qualify as a business, and because the tax of fifty dollars will "more than equal" the profit he made from sales.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that a United States Colored Troops garrison be removed from the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William W. Orme, a special agent of the United States Treasury Department at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, enclosing copies of a circular announcing he had assumed control of the gathering of Confederate cotton. (Enclosed copies of circular not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Reid at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing a petition sent to exempt his business from the state tax. (Enclosed petition not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Reid at Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that his small business be exempted from the business tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William B. Sloan at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his request for pardon to United States President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William A. Baker in New York to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's autograph.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. Flinn at Looxahoma, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking permission to raise a cavalry militia company for DeSoto County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. F. Graham of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, at Jacinto, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking questions about the business tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Septoba Evans in Itawamba County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting authority to raise a militia company and try alleged thieves by jury.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of the Interior James Harlen at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, informing Sharkey that he is being sent 70 copies of the laws of the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of State William H. Seward at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, informing Sharkey that a petition calling for clemency for former Confederate President Jefferson Davis and former Mississippi Governor Charles Clark from several women of Columbus, Mississippi, has been submitted to President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sarah F. Buckner to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's aid in obtaining a presidential pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from S. V. Hughston at French Camp, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting Sharkey's aid in obtaining a pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from S. Parker at Livingston, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the tax placed on his cotton which was being shipped through Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. Y. R. Chadwick at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, offering his resignation as justice of the peace for the Beat of Meridian, Mississippi, and recommending Robert Y. Reid to take over the position.