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 at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the organization of a state militia. Johnson states that the militia is a necessity for restoring the country to order.

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 at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the creation of a state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States President Andrew Johnson at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, urging Sharkey to have the new state constitution extend voting rights to free persons of color who can read the United States constitution and write their names as well as those who own real estate property valued at $150.00 and pay taxes on said property.

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.