From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from G. T. Ruby in New Orleans, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a copy of a newspaper published by Ruby in Texas. The newspaper was not included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from William McCary to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that six hundred people are in need of relief and that there are no stores available in Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, enclosing a report of rations received in Vicksburg, Mississippi, that were issued to overflow sufferers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. T. Martin in Greenwood, Mississippi to Fred Barrett, stating that there were no rations received in Leflore County, Mississippi, for distribution.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Lynch in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that the laborers that are living in the overflowed area are more in need of aid than ever before.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing the commutation of the sentence of Charles Werth, who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing the pardon of Buck Jolly, who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. B. Sullivan in Floreyville (now Rosedale), Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames that contains a bill for $34 for the shipping of relief rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from W. H. Lynch in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that six hundred people are on the verge of starvation and requesting rations for them.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing the commutation of the sentence of Spencer Williams, who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mrs. E. J. White in Morton, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting protection for herself and her two children from being stalked and harassed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan in Yazoo City, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, suggesting that a prisoner by the name of Toliver is delaying his own case to avoid harsher punishment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from W. H. Lynch to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that Governor Ames has been misled and that the suffering in the region is great.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting on the prisoner Buck Jolly. Noonan gives no recommendation for or against pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from V. B. Waddell to Fred Barrett, stating that he is unaware of any aid that was given in his district of Sunflower County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. F. Frueauff in Pennsylvania to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a state seal of authentication on a power of attorney document.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Frederick Hall to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting aid for Issaquena County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee in Vicksburg, Mississippi to Fred Barrett, in which Lee states he is enclosing a list of rations that were distributed. The enclosed list is not present.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from S. B. Blackwell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that a person requesting rations for the area of Mayersville, Mississippi, is corrupt. Blackwell requests the name of this person.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Sullivan in New Orleans, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking if Governor Ames intends to request more rations or if stores can be supplied to sufferers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. Hanslow to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting rations for the Pearl River Valley, where crops have been destroyed by worms.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. O. Shelby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that rations for Vicksburg, Mississippi, have been shipped and will arrive on the early train.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames of the escape of Nelson Arnold before his pardon could be issued.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing lists of rations issued by different members of the relief committee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan, enclosing the pardon of Nelson Arnold, who was convicted of grand larceny. The pardon was revoked as the convict escaped before delivery.