From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from S. M. Meek at the District Attorney's office in Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving the facts of the conviction of M. Joice and others of burglary and larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. M. West at Durant, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey. West supports General Salt Agent T. A. Philips to take over the Penitentiary, and his former clerk G. D. Leatherberg as an agent to the Quartermaster General Department. West also speaks of the importance of reorganizing the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Gideon J. Pillow at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if his ordnance officer can remove the iron and sheet copper from the penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Gideon J. Pillow at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if he may remove copper from the old penitentiary to make percussion caps.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Colonel U. Bourne in Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, informing him that he has collected a large lot of iron and sheet copper from the penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Colonel U. Bourne in Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if he can remove sheet copper from the penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from V. L. Terrell to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if he can get cloth to make uniforms for his company from the state penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Hardin, Superintendent of the State Penitentiary at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a thief named Rives being held under confinement.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. J. Skelton, a prisoner at the State Penitentiary, to J. H. Ham asking for a pardon so that he can join the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Hardin, the Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a pardon for Victor Vogart, convicted of killing an African American in 1861.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary Waldrop at Tupelo, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that her son, Elias Waldrop, be released from the penitentiary to join the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Hardin, the Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning Dock Hughes, convicted of manslaughter in Attala County, Mississippi, in 1860.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Hardin, Superintendent of the State Penitentiary at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the judgement against Thomas Barnett of Jasper County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Francisco Gomez, an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking to be released from confinement.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Harden, the Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, vouching for the good conduct of Mrs. Bradford's husband, an inmate at the prison.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John O. Cumming at Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, inquiring if his son has been moved from the penitentiary to the asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Hardin at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning convict Richard Anderson in the penitentiary for alleged larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. E. Miller to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus in support of John C. Everett, a prisoner in the state penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. M. Gibbs in Grenada, Mississippi, asking for a pardon for Mr. Collins, a convict at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. R. Burks in the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the facts of his conviction for alleged kidnapping.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Hardin at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the good conduct of prisoner R. P. Braden.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Britt Davenport at the Mississippi State Penitentiary to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a pardon for his crime.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John W. Rollins, an inmate in the Mississippi State Penitentiary, requesting a pardon for his crimes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John B. Nevett in Natchez, Mississippi, requesting a pardon for Patrick Fitzgerald, an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Van A. W. Anderson at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus writing on behalf of Mrs. Caroline Williams, a prisoner at the state penitenitary.