From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of Mississippians exempted from the amnesty proclamation of May 1865 but who were granted special presidential pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document from John J. Smith, enclosing Exhibit 7 of a case against E. O. Castello by the board of trustees of the State Hospital at Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff L. French of Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting that Ames offer a reward for the capture of a murder suspect. Included is a note from I. N. Osborn, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of French's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Montgomery County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for clemency for Madison Teat, who was convicted of the murder of William Steen in April 1872.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Receipt from Wm. Forte to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for $0.75.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Adjutant General A. G. Packer to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the names of people Ames wants examined by the committee on investigations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Thomas Dervish.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Pages 4 and 5 of a letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a contested election, in which Ames gives legalization to one candidate.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of Mississippi carpetbaggers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Hinds County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for executive clemency for Aleck Fleming, who was convicted of grand larceny. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. S. Fisher to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending a change to criminal procedure in Mississippi. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of Fisher's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon before trial for Avent, Jones, and Woods. Included is a note from I. N. Osborn, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Last page of a letter from John J. Dennis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, thanking Ames, presumably for Dennis's reappointment to the position of District 4 Chancellor. On the reverse, Ames pencils a reply asking Dennis to "send copy of Christian's letter" and expressing his support for Dennis to retain the office of chancellor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff D. N. Quinn of Leflore County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, listing families suffering from the "effects of the overflow." Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of Quinn's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Indictment of H. W. Shaw by the grand jury of Monroe County, Mississippi, for assault and battery with the intent to murder. This indictment bill is written by J. A. Blair, district attorney.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Copy of a telegram from Garnett Andrews, W. S. Epperson, C. V. Gwinn, E. Schaefer, F. Barksdale, and I. N. Gilrath to James Z. George, concerning the force gathered in Yazoo City, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from several Republican citizens of Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending Burwell Johnson for District 1 Supervisor in Holmes County. Included is a note from I. N. Osborn, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Parks, treasurer of Lee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting on the county's finances and requesting help paying teachers' salaries.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Amite County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the pardon of Richard Freeman, who has been accused of bigamy. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of items manufactured by "the patients."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Form from the United States Department of Justice, to be used to call for United States Army troops to suppress domestic violence in the state. Included is a note from Travis Rhodes, Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the form.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Mitchell Easley, who was convicted of murder in April 1873.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Incomplete draft of Mississippi House Bill 390, entitled "An Act to require witnesses to testify in certain cases."