From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Richard F. Harrison to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a drawbridge on the Pearl River on behalf of the New Orleans and Mobile Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking to deny approval for a senate bill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Doctor Reverend B. H. Gotthelf to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, applying for a position as the Inspector to the Penitentiary for his region of the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking that the Governor do something to assist the African American population in Holmes County, Mississippi. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of John's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. W. Loomis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing the Governor of the release of two inmates whose time has been served.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John F. Douglas to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the arrest and return to Illinois of Legrand B. Strong, includes warrant signed by Governor Ames.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from D. P. Porter and Thos. G. Douglas to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon for Josiah Frisbee at the end of his four year sentence for grand larceny. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretaries, giving a summary of the petition and indicating the pardon was granted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from S. A. D. Steel to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending the passage of a bill and a supplemental bill to modify it. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of Steel's telegram.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon of Henry Sullis. The pardon was granted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of State Hamilton Fish to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting an impression of the new seal of the state and a copy of the Governor's signature. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of Fish's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from C. P. Huntington to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to intercede on behalf of Judge Shackelford in his impeachment proceedings. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of Huntington's petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. H. Alley, clerk of courts for Jackson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking how to proceed in the aftermath of the potentially illegitimate special election of W. M. Walton as justice of the peace in Jackson County. On the reverse, a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, indicates that the governor answered Alley's letter by enclosing the opinion of Mississippi Attorney General George E. Harris. (Harris's opinion on this matter is document mdah_803-989-02-11).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Edmund White for attempted rape. A letter of protest against pardon by Judge Fisher included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from W. S. Featherston to Doctor William M. Compton, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, asking Compton to ask Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for a pardon for Charles Durrell. On the reverse, Compton pens a note dated February 12 referring Featherston's letter to Ames. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of the letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to W. A. Drennan, revoking Mr. Drennan's appointment as chancellor of the 12th chancery district.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General George E. Harris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that special election of W. M. Walton was illegitimate and recommending he not take the oath of office. (This document is the Attorney General's opinion mentioned in mdah_803-989-02-09).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Hill to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending Reverend Doctor B. H. Gotthelf for a position as a trustee of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum.