From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from A. R. Howe in Washington, D. C. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that Howe is trying to appropriate additional funds for overflow relief.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Erving Cowan in Bay St. Louis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, telling Governor Ames that Mr. Cowan applied for an inspectorship in the customs house.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from W. H. Noble Jr. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting more rations sent to Wilkinson County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting 4,000 rations for the area of Greenville, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Muller to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames that rations from Yazoo City, Mississippi, cannot reach sufferers in Sunflower, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. B. Sullivan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting on the condition of overflowed land between Beulah, Mississippi, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Harris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting rations for sufferers along Deer Creek as backwater continues to rise.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. J. Campbell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting remittance of forfeiture of surety on M. R. Spears. Remission of forfeiture has also been included.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George Rodgers in Chicago, Illinois to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, including a business proposal for plantations worked by Chinese laborers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, listing overflow sufferers along Deer Creek in Issaquena County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from D. P. Master to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting aid for himself and six children.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that residents of New Town, Mississippi, will starve without immediate assistance.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from Thomas C. Sullivan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, containing invoice of subsistence stores for distribution to sufferers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from G. N. Raymond to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that rations were delivered to Natchez, Mississippi, but that additional rations will be needed soon.
