Correspondence and petitions concerning the appointment of individuals to various positions.

Includes Thanksgiving Day proclamations from various states, President Chester Arthur, and the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation; a Memorial Day proclamation; and Governor Hoyt's proclamation concerning the death of former Governor John Campbell.

Letters of appeal by prisoners and/or individuals for release from confinement. One appeal the writer does not identify the prisoner. These records may or may not include final decisions regarding pardons.

A criminal complaint issued by Laramie County Justice of Peace for acts committed by one "John Doe" and "Billy the Kid", true names unknown

Similar requisitions for Henry Garbanati for theft and John Sullivan for murder, Martin Blake for assault, Alice Courtney for assault and Jerry Stratton, forgery.

Correspondence, requests, inventories acknowledgment of receipt of arms and ammunition for protection against Indians. Also includes some correspondence asking for protection of citizens; requests to for local militias; the purchase of Gatling guns by the Territory, bonds to the U.S. government for purchase of arms.