From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document containing a contract between the Mississippi State Penitentiary and the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road to supply inmates for labor.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Curtis and Palmerton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting remittance of forfeiture against J. M. Palmerton.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon for Jennie Coffee, who was convicted of grand larceny.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from John M. Powell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon for George Jones, convicted of Grand Larceny. Attached is a pardon issued March 25, 1874.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the discharge of three inmates from the Mississippi State Penitentiary.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legislative document containing a veto letter on Senate Bill Number 30, "An act in relation to the appeals or units of error from judgement or descrees in rem."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from A. Parker to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon for Johanna Sprich, charged with illegal selling of liquor.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James L. Herbert to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, against Senate Bill 219, "An Act to License Keepers of Tonsorial Saloons."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. T. O'Sullivan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing an invitation to participate in the Hibernia Mutual Aid Association parade.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from J. D. Barton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that letters will be mailed that evening.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. L. Finley to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames not to allow a report to circulate that would damage the reputation of J. D. Barton. Attached is a letter from Wily J. Cole supporting Finley's letter.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letters between R. S. Davidson and C. N. McGill to G. G. Horton and John Stockstill, requesting remittance of forfeiture against Jim Davidson.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. W. Warren to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, a resolution by the House requesting Ames to compile a list of officers and employees of state instiutions.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Ohio State Librarian Samuel George Harbaugh to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, thanking for the state reports from the Ohio commissioners of the Mississippi State Library.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. L. Finley to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the contents of a letter intended to damage the reputation of J. D. Barton.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. F. Cunningham to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting help in having his bond reduced.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. J. Starks to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for clemency for Lee P. Jackson, who has been convicted of forgery. Document includes an order of clemency.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Wily J. Cole to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that rumors of an indictment ruled against J. D. Barton are false.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that rumors about a previous indictment are being spread to hurt his candidacy.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the name of the person who told Ames about the previous incitment.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from Vermont Governor Julius Converse, containing a proclamation of a day of fasting and prayer on March 16.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to Mississippi State Senate, recommending more manufacturing facilities at the Mississippi State Penitentiary to make it a source of revenue.
