From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from George P. Hachenberg to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a subscription from the Governor to his Musical Telegraphy Company publication, with copy of the act creating and or incorporating the same said company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William C. Browning and Co., extending an offer of six months to pay off any order for clothing made to the company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from D. M. Dunlap to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting Alcorn to use his influence to preserve the Sabbath day laws currently in place in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, which seem to keep certain types of businesses closed on the Sabbath. Dunlap states that there is a petition being circulated to be presented to the legislature to this effect.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. M. Wesson, owner of the Mississippi Manufacturing Company at Bankston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking Clark for protection from Confederate Army deserters who are allegedly raiding the county. Wesson states that the company the governor ordered to Bankston never arrived, and a company ordered by Colonel McCullough has left.