From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection.Letter from Sheriff U. Ozanne to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson, confirming his receipt of Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn granting a delay in carrying out the hanging of Solomon Pitts from January 27th, 1871 to February 17th, 1871.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from Frank Halliday, clerk of the criminal court of Warren County, Mississippi, showing an order of judgement from the court stating that Robert Woods has been found guilty of the charge of murder and is sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence is to be carried out on April 30, 1870.

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 several citizens of Poplar Creek, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning abuses allegedly committed in Choctaw County, Mississippi, by a Lieutenant Brock's cavalry. The citizens attest that Brock and his men are torturing civilians. (mdah_768-949-01-17 is a response to this document).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. J. Whitehurst, W. J. Barber, and S. L. Brandon, members of the United States Army 6th Tennessee Cavalry and residents of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, expressing their concerns that former secessionists will be appointed to county offices. Objecting to being represented by the "very men, who attempted time after time, to hang us", Whitehurst, Barber, and Brandon ask Sharkey to give the authors posts that will allow them to take part in the reconstruction of the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. K. Farrar at the Provost Marshal's Office in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for the authority to keep local plantation overseers from being called to military service unless an emergency arises. Farrar wishes to retain the overseers so they can continue to patrol and police enslaved African Americans in the area around the city. He also asks for Pettus's instructions on "the manner of proceedings" against slaveholders who refuse to employ overseers or to feed or clothe the enslaved persons they hold.