From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from William Merrill, superintendent of the Mississippi Institution for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to John Duncan, John W. Robinson, and A. Virden, the Institution's trustees, giving his annual report. The report contains information on the school's financial condition and its impact on students, as well as updates on students' studies and health.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Milton Brown, president of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and L. J. Fleming, superintendent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, asking that corn be transported to the starving families of their county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John K. Hardy at Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of Confederate deserters in Captain D. M. Wilson's company of state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from Confederate Captain A. Q. Withers, commander of a company of state troops at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that his troops remain in Marshall County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from C. A. Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning an effort to have corn brought up to impoverished people in northeast Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from D. N. Barrows, W. W. Langley, William H. Allen, and L. Julienne, the trustees of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting additional funds to keep the institution running.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to have county officials who fail to arrest and prosecute Confederate deserters indicted, and complaining of the need for more liquor to be dispensed in the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Annual report from H. Hobbs to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark on the operations of the Mississippi Lunatic Asylum. Also included is a letter dated October 6, 1864, from Dr. Robert Kells, superintendent of the asylum, explaining supplies needed by the asylum and asylum employees whom he requests to be exempt from conscription.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. D. Holder at Egypt, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, expressing his opinion that some men in Tippah County, Mississippi, and Tishomingo County, Mississippi, should be exempted from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from T. A. Mitchell, the president of the Board of Police of Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting salt for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Franklin Smith at Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate Brigadier General Wirt Adams, asking that the distillery of Passmore and Saunders be allowed to remain open.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark about the progress on the distillery Strong was building.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the effort to destroy allegedly illegal stills on the Mississippi and Alabama border.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from R. S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to W. H. Mangum, stating that he believes it is too dangerous to hold the ensuing term of the Yazoo County, Mississippi, court, and discussing several personal and political matters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel William N. Brown of the 20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on his regiment's raid into Jones County, Mississippi, to hunt alleged Confederate deserters, as well as the need for cotton and wool cards for the citizens. (Brown states that he is enclosing a horse comb made by the struggling widow of a Confederate soldier. Enclosed item not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Captain W. E. Montgomery, commander of the Herndon Rangers (Mississippi Militia, Cavalry Battalion, Second Reserves), to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark about attempted United States Army cavalry raids in his area of operation, as well as soldiers that may need to be released from service. Montgomery also writes on the health and safety of his family, as he claims that United States soldiers have threatened to capture and hold them hostage.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Two copies of a letter from D. S. Pattison at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the settling of his accounts as salt agent for the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of the Treasury Christopher Memminger at Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, informing Pettus that that one million dollars in corn is available in Augusta, Georgia.

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 George S. Gaines in State Line, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, complaining about federal policies which he says are encouraging formerly enslaved people to leave plantations. Gaines is frustrated that plantation owners can no longer legally exercise control over African Americans and their labor. He complains that planters cannot produce enough cotton, corn, and other crops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard T. Archer at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about alleged war profiteers and exemptions for men over 50 years of age or employed in "useful trades."