From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. W. C. Watson, a former Confederate senator, at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, congratulating him on being named provisional governor and asking his help in obtaining a federal amnesty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed circular from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, publishing the instructions for giving the amnesty oath by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward at Washington, District of Columbia

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete printed circular from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to the sheriffs of Mississippi calling on them to enforce the laws of the state and to arrest Confederate deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, giving his thoughts on the punishment to be given to Confederate deserters who return to their units.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Affidavit of N. J. Gilmer, notarized by Theophilus Harvey, justice of the peace of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning cotton that N. J. Gilmer was allegedly forced to sell to the Confederate States government and Gilmer's application for amnesty. The affidavit is dated July 18, 1865. Attached are additional statements from United States Army Captain Robert S. Richland and other citizens testifying to Holmes' position as a justice and to Gilmer's allegiance to the United States. The appended statements are variously dated July 18 and July 19, 1865.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Unsigned letter from a Confederate Brigadier General (possibly Wirt Adams) at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning the execution of alleged Confederate Army deserters and alleged thieves and "outlaws" in Yazoo County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. T. Rowland, a former United States Army soldier from Tippah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the requirement that he take the Amnesty Oath in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. M. Hankins at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, writing about his petition for a pardon, to which Sharkey had not yet responded.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of the Interior James Harlan at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, transmitting five hundred copies of President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation. Harlan states he is also transmitting copies of Johnson's proclamation appointing provisional governors for the states formerly in rebellion. (Copies of proclamations not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. J. Jeffress and W. B. Jeffress at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that they be allowed to skip taking the amnesty oath as they are Nazarenes and their church requires them to take no oaths.

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 amnesty application to President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from J. Fort at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if magistrates are authorized to administer the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas A. Cocke at Charleston, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson, seeking to get back property taken by the United States Army during the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from T. V. Noland at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking Sharkey's aid in obtaining a job to work while he awaits the reopening of the courts so that he may practice law.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. Shannon of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that H. W. Hill be appointed magistrate of Milldale Precinct in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Judge A. K. Smedes at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to authorize the county sheriff to pay Smedes 1/4 salary at $2,000 per annum for acting as judge of the probate court and administering the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James E. Broughton at Rodney, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the $20,000 clause for confiscation in President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation. Broughton wishes to know whether it applies from the beginning of the Civil War or since the surrender of Confederate forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. K. Smedes, probate judge of Warren County, Mississippi, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending two men to administer the amnesty oath in Milldale, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Samuel M. Meek at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to be reappointed to the district attorney's position he held previously.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George A. Sykes at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to forward his pardon application to United States President Andrew Johnson. (Enclosed application for pardon not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Needham Whitfield at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his pardon application to President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. G. Baptist, justice of the peace at West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the powers of United States Treasury agents.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John A. Hancock at Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that M. Lewis be appointed county surveyor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. R. Smith at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for the appointment as postmaster of Meridian, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. H. Chalmers at Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Judge J. B. Morgan to be appointed sheriff of DeSoto County, Mississippi.