From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Extradition request from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for John J. Calcote and W. Harrison Calcote wanted for murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Roster from First Lieutenant Ira Quinby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of the 24th United States Infantry listing Lieutenant Colonel Adelbert Ames as Provisional Governor of Mississippi