From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Incomplete letter from an unknown person to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the article that appeared in the Mississippi Pilot concerning the reward offered for the capture of George Jones, who is wanted on suspicion of murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John W. Young to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting names and addresses of persons involved with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Item includes an attached copy of a news article from the Natchez Tri-Weekly Democrat concerning the Vidalia, Alexandria & Texas Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. C. Fairman and H. C. Conn to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, which includes three items stuck together. One item is a newspaper clipping from The Citizen of Brookhaven, Mississippi. Another item is an affidavit from Mr. Conn concerning the authentication of a letter written by C. C. Eivers. The third item is a letter from H. C. Conn, requesting the removal of Mr. Eivers from his two appointed offices.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from G. C. Chandler to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing a clipping from the Democrats of Handsboro, Mississippi, concerning the resolutions adopted during a joint racial meeting within Jackson County, Mississippi. Chandler also mentions Alcorn turning down a Senate seat, and that he has supporters in Jackson County, Mississippi who are satisfied with him. There is also mention of someone in the county trying to destroy the confidence of the African American citizens against Alcorn, but those efforts are backfiring against that person.

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 Sharkey Collection. Letter from Captain H. C. Moore in Tippah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning efforts by pro-Confederate citizens to have his Union militia disbanded.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John McDonald at Philadelphia, Mississippi, to Colonel E. Surget, concerning the large number of deserters from the Confederate Army serving in the Mississippi militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Notes by Mississippi Governor Charles Clark written at Macon, Mississippi, between January 20, 1865, and February 20, 1865, concerning a proclamation convening the Mississippi Legislature to be published in Holmesville Independent Newspaper.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Bill from Mississippi Secretary of State C. A. Brougher, at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, for advertising a proclamation in the tri-weekly "Rebel Picket."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of the Interior James Harlan at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the use of the "Mississippian" newspaper to publish the laws of the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Major General Peter J. Osterhaus at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning a newspaper notice from former Confederate Army officer Lamar Fontaine that calls for a meeting of citizens in Hinds and Madison Counties, Mississippi, to form an allegedly illegal military organization. Osterhaus asserts that the state is still under military occupation and martial law, and thus no militia organization can be tolerated unless it is under the control of United States Army officers. He assures Sharkey that the troops stationed in Hinds and Madison Counties are sufficient to aid civil authorities in stopping crime, and requests that Sharkey communicate that to Fontaine. (mdah_771-956-05-01, a letter from Sharkey to Osterhaus dated August 22, 1865, is Sharkey's response to this letter).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. B. Bacon at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to send important news and proclamations to the newspaper of Picayune, Mississippi, of which he is an editor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John W. C. Watson at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning D. R. Shafer of Baltimore, Maryland, who wants to start a newspaper in Holly Springs. Watson states that he is enclosing a letter from Shafer to Watson. (Enclosed letter not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from F. W. Smith at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, seeking the patronage of the governor to aid the newspaper for which he works.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. C. Clarke in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his bookshop be reduced.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Editor B. F. Jones at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that a copy of the Internal Revenue Act be sent to him so that it can be published in the newspaper.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George W. Harper, editor of the "Hinds County Gazette" at Raymond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for a job appointment so that he can raise enough money to start up his newspaper again. Harper states that he has a large family to support, and has lost his property, the newspaper, and workers whom he formerly enslaved. To support his cause, Harper notes that he was a previous candidate for the Mississippi Secretary of State in 1860, in which he lost to Charles Albert Brougher by 2,000 state votes but had 149 more than Brougher in Raymond.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Nathaniel B. Robertson at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the people in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, who were loyal to the United States during the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from D. C. Greenwood at Scooba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for the appointment as United States Marshal for Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. Newton Mercer at Newport, Rhode Island, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Vicksburg, Mississippi, asking for help in proving he was loyal to the United States during the Civil War. Mercer had refused to take the allegiance oath under General Butler for fear of his estate being seized or destroyed, but had otherwise remained loyal to the United States. He asks to have his name as an enemy of the country cleared before he dies.

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, enclosing a notice from Oakland College regarding military officers allegedly stealing cotton by claiming that said cotton had belonged to the Confederate government. Broughton asks Sharkey to have it published in the newspaper for him. (Enclosed notice not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James Allen at Nanachehaw, Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for Sharkey's help to have a plantation, which Allen alleges the federal government incorrectly deemed as abandoned, returned to the owner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sarah Heiderhoff at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Sharkey appoint her husband, F. Heiderhoff, as a lighthouse keeper on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John Armstrong, assistant editor of the Daily Clarion newspaper in Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending W. H. Cain, Jr., for a job with the Southern Railroad of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John Dowling in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, congratulating him on his appointment as Provisional Governor.