From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from E. Stafford, Jas. R. Yerger, and A. Virden to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing a request by the board of mayor and aldermen of the city of Jackson, Mississippi, to reinstate two previously removed members of the board, a McLaughlin and Peyton. Enclosed in the letter is a newspaper clipping containing the proceedings of a public meeting in which citizens of Jackson appointed Stafford, Yerger, and Virden to write to Alcorn on the aforesaid matter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Correspondence from E. S. Peyton and several other citizens of Copiah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing two support letters and a petition for R. J. Catchings to be reinstated as the mayor of Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the correspondence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mayor W. C. Harrell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to request that an election be held in order to fill city officers for the newly chartered town of Osyka, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Harrell's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from D. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that the Mississippi Legislature has refused to approve his appointment to the office of mayor of Goodman, Mississippi. He also asks for instruction as to what he should do about it. Mitchell also asks, given that laws have been passed to hold elections for a marshall, if the townspeople can also hold elections for aldermen and mayor, and would the governor and the Legislature honor said election. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Mitchell's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning county sheriffs who are in default on the collection of taxes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Stephen D. Hunter of the 19th Mississippi Infantry be exempted from military duty to take his post as county tax assessor.

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. Letter from W. B. P. Williams, president of the board of police of Rankin County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, certifying that F. M. Bell was elected constable for beat 4.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Brigadier General William L. Brandon's assistant adjutant general to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking if men elected to civil office will be discharged from the militia. Enclosed is a copy of a letter that Brandon received from the Confederate War Department on the matter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Statement from H. E. Lee, clerk of the probate court of Perry County, Mississippi, and A. B. McLemore to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, that McLemore was elected ranger of the county and requesting an exemption from Confederate Army service.

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. Letter from E. R. Belcher at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking if persons elected to county and beat offices will receive commissions.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Probate Judge B. F. Worsham at Ripley, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning open seats from Tippah County, Mississippi, in the state legislature.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mayor D. N. Barrows of Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking to have the city sexton exempted from conscription under provisions in Clark's proclamation that exempt municipal officers. Barrows explains the sexton's duties and he asserts that the city sexton is an indispensible elected official who is entitled to the same privileges as other municipal officers. He asks Clark to give his opinion on whether the sexton thus qualifies for exemption.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Probate Clerk W. A. P. Jones at Elyton, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking an exemption from duty in the Mississippi militia as he is a probate clerk of Marshall County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from E. J. Goode at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, tendering his resignation as judge for the High Court of Errors and Appeals for the Second District, as he believes the votes for the election were miscounted, and his opponent, Colonel D. W. Hurst, won.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. V. Thomas of Verona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning hardships caused by the business tax.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. T. Matthews at Iuka, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey if the local government officials will be appointed by Sharkey or elected by the citizens of Iuka.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. B. Carson of Washington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing $550.00 in tax money collected by him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff E. C. Eggleston of Lowndes County, Mississippi, at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, explaining that his tax report will be late because he is in the middle of a re-election campaign.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. Shannon of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that H. W. Hill be appointed magistrate of Milldale Precinct in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. M. Gurley at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if mayors are to be elected in the upcoming election.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Report by judges in Tippah County, Mississippi, certifying election results for officers in the county militia company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mayor Kinloch Falconer of Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking if his election as mayor was legal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George W. Edward at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if town elections can be held.