From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Doctor R. M. Tindall and several members of the Mississippi Legislature to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending Doctor Tindall for the position of superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum. Included is a note from C. B. Smith, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Affidavit from C. S. Bell to A. Hodge, containing notarized affidavit from a defendant in a case in Hinds County, Mississippi, stating why he was unable to make his court date.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles W. Loomis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries, giving a summary of Loomis's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. R. Miles to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting that Mississippi Governor Ames not pardon A. T. Morgan of murder prior to completion of his trial. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries, giving a summary of Miles's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. A. Campbell to the Sheriff of Grenada, Mississippi, requesting a reward.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List, containing government expenditures from February 23 to October 2, 1874.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. C. Bartlett, a stenographer in Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a new copy of the affidavit of Register Walton to the Congressional investigating committee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. Allen Ross to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning Ross's claims of unfair treatment in not being selected as Chancery Clerk in Greenville, Mississippi. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries, giving a summary of Ross's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. W. Dedrick to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as Adjutant General of the state of Mississippi. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries, giving a summary of Dedrick's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William M. Compton, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, enclosing a petition from several citizens of Marshall County, Mississippi, asking for clemency for gaming charges against Eugene A. Shaw. Included is a note from C. B. Smith, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the documents.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Receipt from the Pilot Publishing Company to Mississippi Superintendent of Education Thomas W. Cardozo, showing that Cardozo received 500 printed letter-wrappers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from B. D. Nabers to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, formally declining his appointment as superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of Nabers's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Penn to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, expressing concern that landowners would not allow African American farmers to work their land but would advertise for Northern farmers to come work instead. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of Penn's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. J. Catchings to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting Ames intervene on behalf of himself and Doctor D. W. Jones as the Mississippi Supreme Court determines the outcome of their circuit and chancery clerk elections. Included is a note from C. B. Smith, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of Catchings's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. J. Hicks of Ashland, Mississippi, to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Alexander K. Davis, acknowledging receipt of an earlier letter and stating he will comply with instructions to stay collection of forfeiture. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, private secretary, giving a summary of Hicks's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. B. Avery to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting Ames take action to bring Frank McDonald back to Mississippi to be tried for the murder of Joshua Lucas in 1871. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of Avery's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. M. Gill addressed, probably mistakenly, to former Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers whose term as governor expired shortly before the date on this letter. In the letter, Gill resigns as mayor of Hillsboro, Mississippi, and recommends John A. Park to fill the vacancy until an election is held. Included is a note from one of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames's private secretaries, giving a summary of Gill's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke to M. B. Sullivan, asking Sullivan to request that Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames set aside a forfeiture for one of his clients. On the reverse, Ames pencils a note indicating that Clarke's letter was "Referred to Shackelford".

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon while awaiting trial for the murder of Francis P. Hilliard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Board of Trustees of the State Hospital in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, report detailing the closing of the State Hospital at Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan, superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the release of two inmates whose time has been served. Included is a note from I. N. Osborn, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of Noonan's letter. (The date on Noonan's letter appears to be January 2, 1874, but Osborn's note gives the date as January 2, 1875. The latter date is most likely correct as Noonan's letter refers to the inmates' sentences expiring "during this month", and then lists the dates of expiration as January 10 and January 11, 1875).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles B. Morton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting two copies of the Governor's last message. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries, giving a summary of Morton's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Shelton and Shelton addressed, probably mistakenly, to former Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers whose term as governor expired shortly before the date on this letter. The petition asks to have an erroneous forfeiture against M. McLaughlin be remitted.