From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from F. W. Buttinghaus at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for a recommendation from Alcorn to be appointed to the proposed German consulate to be formed for those living in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Enclosed in Buttinghaus's letter are letters of support from several other citizens of Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. Yerger, A. R. Johnston, and F. J. Wharts to George Donnell, giving their opinion on how long Mr. Donnell is entitled to hold his appointment as the chancery clerk of Hinds County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. W. Dedrick to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that several members of the Warren County, Mississippi, Board of Supervisors have been indicted in connection with misuse of county funds by the late assessor, and suggesting their removal from the board. Enclosed in this letter from Dedrick are two affidavits from members of the grand jury stating the indictment of those named supervisors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. A letter of invoice from attorneys W. M. Inge and F. E. Westfield to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, for services rendered unto the state in the 10th Judicial District, in the city of Corinth, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Three letters stuck together from W. T. Martin, E. H. Hicks, and J. M. Ellis, respectively. Each letter is addressed to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn and each concerns the defense of chancery clerk D. C. Kearns against efforts to remove him from office. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Martin's letter and Hicks's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing the Governor that he can not meet in Issaquena County, Mississippi on Monday. Clarke writes that he was lacking some information concerning the sheriff of Washington County, Mississippi, and the liquidation of the Levee Board.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from White and Chalmers to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting executive clemency for Thomas Ward, who has served four years of a five-year sentence on grand larceny. (Petition not included)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from White and Chalmers to G. P. Carrington, to again request the release of Thomas Ward.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Judge E. S. Fisher to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn Fisher, informing Alcorn of his concerns with trying a murder case in the absence of Captain Brady, who had recently been appointed as District Attorney, and thereby leaving the state without adequate representation for the trial.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that the two clerks of the county are doing well, and he hopes there is no plan for their removal, as they are both competent in handling their affairs and dealing with the citizens of the area.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from M. B. McMicken at Canton, Mississippi, to P. B. Starke, giving Starke details of the case of Robert Brown, an African American man incarcerated in the Mississippi State Penitentiary, who was accused of murder and defended by McMicken and Henry S. Foote. McMicken is requesting a pardon to be given to Robert Brown.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. H. Fitz-Gerald at Charleston, Mississippi, to P. B. Starke, recounting the case of an African American man named Henry White who was convicted of rape in May 1867. Fitz-Gerald claims that White and the woman whom he was charged with raping had previously had consensual intercourse except for the night in question, where he forced himself upon her against her will. Fitz-Gerald states that although White is legally guilty, Fitz-Gerald believes that there were "extenuating circumstances" and that the sentence imposed was too great.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Message from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to both houses of the Mississippi Legislature, suggesting a change in the Exemption Act of 1865 dealing with taxation and debt relief.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. Murphy to R. J. Mathews, recounting the details of the case of Isham Walton, whom he defended, and stating that Walton was convicted of assault with the intent to kill. According to witnesses, Walton was said to have been holding a gun carelessly when it went off by accident. Murphy states that he believes the punishment for Walton was unjust. There is also a statement at the end of this letter from W. L. Walton pleading for the release of Isham Walton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving updates about Abe Hucabee, the Mitchell murder case, submission of a pay warrant for the governor's signature, and also noting that Dr. Emanuel had furnished the Secret Service agency with 5 half-price fare passes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Executive document from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing his response to the petition for executive clemency for Creed Taylor, in which he commutes Taylor's sentence of death to life imprisonment. (This document is a response to mdah_786-971-05-10).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Philips writes to Hewson in response to his inquiry concerning an inmate whom Hewson called "James J. Fisher", but whom Philips identifies as J. J. Foster. The letter concerns money that had been paid to an attorney on behalf of the inmate.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, updating Alcorn on the "'Hucabee' outcry" in Oxford, Mississippi, and stating that warrants had been issued for several parties implicated in said event. Hall questions a verbal communication given to him by William Morest, supposedly from Alcorn sending Morest in and through counties where African American people were leaving, to reassure them that the state was going to protect them. Hall believes Morest to have lied to him and plans on dismissing him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from George Potter, W. L. Sharkey, Jason Niles, and E. S. Fisher to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, endorsing O. H. Whitfield of Aberdeen, Mississippi, for the appointment to the office of chancellor for a judicial district.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from E. D. Clark and R. Booth, counsel for Creed Taylor, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting clemency for Taylor, who was convicted of the 1868 murder of Henry Markham. (Alcorn's response to this petition is mdah_786-971-05-12).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. P. Matthews at Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, detailing why a Mr. Wheeler was not brought back to court by Mr. King, and stating that Wheeler had been arrested/detained by the mayor of Beauregard, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, to Major General Henry W. Slocum, concerning a legal case in Warren County, Mississippi, in which a plantation owner sued to regain his leased property. A Colonel Thomas allegedly arrested one of the justices of the peace who tried the case after judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. Sharkey regards Thomas's actions as unbecoming, and he asks Slocum to "furnish the [Warren County] sheriff with sufficient military force" to execute the court's judgment. Also included is a hand-transcribed copy of Sharkey's letter to Slocum (possibly transcribed by a member of either Sharkey or Slocum's staff).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Pollan, a veteran of the 1st Mississippi Mounted Rifles (United States), at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, regarding Pollan's election as probate judge and the organization of the militia in Choctaw County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens and civil officers of Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that William H. Cassel, a druggist, be pardoned for his conviction of selling liquor without a license. (This document is the enclosed petition mentioned in mdah_768-950-08-01).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from the citizens of Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting a pardon for Thomas Shackleford, convicted of allowing his enslaved person to live at another residence in Canton, Mississippi.