From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Rees Fitzpatrick in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving the Governor an update on the sword being made for General Earl Van Dorn.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Rees Fitzpatrick in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi John J. Pettus concerning making a sword for Major Earl Van Dorn to be presented to him by the state of Mississippi.