From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. B. Betts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning Betts's appointment to the Board of Supervisors in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, and his concerns with taking the oath of office as prescribed by law. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Betts's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Captain J. Warren Miller at Meridian, Mississippi, to Z. A. Philips, concerning the transfer of the Mississippi State Salt Agency records, funds, and property to the federal government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. W. C. Watson, a former Confederate senator, at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, congratulating him on being named provisional governor and asking his help in obtaining a federal amnesty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. W. Philips at Hickory, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, urging Clark to continue waging war against the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. T. Rowland, a former United States Army soldier from Tippah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the requirement that he take the Amnesty Oath in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. M. Hankins at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, writing about his petition for a pardon, to which Sharkey had not yet responded.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Henry Howard Burgess at South Orange, New Jersey, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking to be reappointed as commissioner of deeds, a position to which former Mississippi Governor WIlliam McWillie had appointed him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from R. J. Jeffress and W. B. Jeffress at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that they be allowed to skip taking the amnesty oath as they are Nazarenes and their church requires them to take no oaths.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Daniel W. McInnis in Covington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if McInnis has to have a presidential pardon because he was a dispenser of spirits and a postmaster under the Confederacy. McInnis states that he was opposed to secession, remained a Unionist throughout the Civil War, and never actually took the oath of office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Telegram from J. Fort at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if magistrates are authorized to administer the amnesty oath.

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 E. A Rollins, acting Commissioner of the United States Treasury Department, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that the oaths of office and allegiance for A. H. Hall and Alonzo G. Mayers had been received.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from T. V. Noland at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking Sharkey's aid in obtaining a job to work while he awaits the reopening of the courts so that he may practice law.

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 Judge A. K. Smedes at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to authorize the county sheriff to pay Smedes 1/4 salary at $2,000 per annum for acting as judge of the probate court and administering the amnesty oath.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James E. Broughton at Rodney, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the $20,000 clause for confiscation in President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation. Broughton wishes to know whether it applies from the beginning of the Civil War or since the surrender of Confederate forces.

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. Petitions from citizens of Flewellyn's Crossroads in DeSoto County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking that a post office be established in their town and that James A. Harris be appointed as town postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William B. Sloan at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning his request for pardon to United States President Andrew Johnson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. K. Smedes, probate judge of Warren County, Mississippi, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending two men to administer the amnesty oath in Milldale, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Samuel M. Meek at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to be reappointed to the district attorney's position he held previously.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George A. Sykes at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to forward his pardon application to United States President Andrew Johnson. (Enclosed application for pardon not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. G. Baptist, justice of the peace at West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the powers of United States Treasury agents.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John A. Hancock at Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that M. Lewis be appointed county surveyor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James E. Semple at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking the appointment of commissioner for Mississippi in the state of Tennessee. Semple was originally appointed by Mississippi Governor William McWillie and reappointed by Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus. The Civil War prevented another renewal to the position. Semple has taken the oath of allegiance, and did not participate in the war due to nearsightedness caused by a disease of his eyes.