From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from R. F. Verst, justice of the peace, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending George W. Riddell to the office of constable of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Verst's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving a notice of persons recently confirmed and rejected by the Senate for offices at Alcorn University and Noxubee, Tallahatchie, Franklin, Pike, Panola, Holmes, Leflore, and Sunflower Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from O. F. Miles, W. Howard, and P. Balch, members of the Mississippi Legislature, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending George Stewart to the position of justice of the peace and William Bulch for constable in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, listing Senate confirmations of county officers for Lawrence, Warren, Newton, and Yalobusha Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn informing Alcorn that Joseph A. Warrison has declined the nomination to the office of constable in Grenada County, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Lynch's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. G. Vaughan and W. R. Howell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting that William Lerney be appointed to the Justice of the Peace, and L. W. Martin as Constable, and to retain W. R. Howell as Magistrate of Lafayette County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William A. Alcorn to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting that W. H. Bodry be appointed as a Constable in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, and asking for an update on the appointment of J. T. M. Young for the same office in District 2.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. J. Ward to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, tendering his resignation as Constable in Hancock County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from C. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting that H. J. Saxon be appointed to the post of constable of Holmes County, Mississippi in Durant, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. C. Logan to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, enclosing a letter of resignation of the office of constable in Washington County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mileoman to Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch, concerning rescinding the resignation of the office of constable.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Beng.Gordon to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to be appointed to the office of Constable of Beat 2, with a supporting statement from C. Mitchell and W. B. Williamson at Holmes County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mayor W. M. Thornton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that he has his aldermen in place but is in need of a constable and recommends D. S. Holmes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. W. Gannell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, rejecting the appointment to be Constable of Oakland, Mississippi, and giving an alternative name for the position. Also included on the back of this item is a letter of support for Gannell's nomination from several citizens of the area.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that O. P. Lewallen was confirmed as Constable of Tippah County, Mississippi, but has refused the appointment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Secretary of the Mississippi State Senate Murray Peyton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn confirming county officers from Madison, Newton, Hinds, Sunflower, Harrison, Bolivar, Alcorn, Yalobusha and Kemper Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Secretary of the Mississippi State Senate Murray Peyton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, noting the Mississippi State Senate's confirmation of several county officers for Yalobusha, Neshoba, and Jasper Counties of Mississippi, and rejected nomination of S. F Bugg from Washington County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas B. Danforth to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, resigning his position as the 5th District Constable and Postmaster citing his age as the reason. He goes on to recommend T. G. Wallace as his replacement.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of the Senate Murray Peyton and A. M. West, Jr. to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending a list of recommended county officers that have been confirmed by the Senate. (Attached to Peyton's letter is a letter from A. M. West, asking that his name be removed from consideration for the office of assessor of Marshall County, Mississippi)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. A. J. Rivers, the Constable of District 2, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking that he be paid for his service during the election term of 1868, and that part of that money be sent to his family and the balance sent to him. He also explains an accident with his gun, which discharged when he dropped it and put sixteen buckshot through his left ankle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. C. Webber to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning several items stuck together from the mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi, concerning requests made by the city marshal, L.M. Hall, to arrest gamblers and gambling house keepers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Isaac Paulk, Benjamin Murray and W. A. Vicker to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending Edgar White to be appointed to the office of Marshall and Constable of Chickasaw County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of the Senate Murray Peyton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving notice of persons recently confirmed by the Senate for offices in Franklin, Noxubee, Clark, and Copiah Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Unfinished report from E. W. Laird, listing nominations for county officers from several counties. Notes include dates of appointments, names of officers, and notes of those who failed to qualify. At the end of the report, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn signs his name and requests the advice and consent of the Mississippi State Senate for the appointments.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Wm. C. Chamberlain at Crystal Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking Alcorn to comply with the petition that has been submitted to him by the citizens of Crystal Springs to appoint William Fairman as mayor and William Smith as constable. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Chamberlain's letter.