From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary A. Jones, widow of a Confederate Army veteran, in Natchez, Mississippi, seeking aid to help take care of her children.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Margaret Henry at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William Lewis Sharkey concerning a tax bill of 50 dollars. Henry asks that the tax on…

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Caroline Burrus to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey asking that the tax on her inn be waived, as she is a widow and very poor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. M. Dowling to W. D. Lyles attesting that he was a member of the Union party in Mississippi prior to the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from William M. Pollan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey concerning his efforts to organize a pro-Union militia in Choctaw County. (Including rosters…

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James H. Pierce to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey asking for an appointment to civil government, as he was a loyal Union man during the war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. K. Smedes to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark concerning the occupation of his home by federal soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from James A. Lyons to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark making recommendations as to changes that should be made to the system of slavery in the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from Sarah Garrett to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark asking that she be pardoned for her alleged crime of allowing enslaved people to trade as freemen.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Jo Bell to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark recommending Doctor J.M. Trotter's plan to educate the orphan children of soldiers.