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 The pardon was revoked as the convict escaped before delivery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. T. Martin in Greenwood, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that no response has been received from A. T. Morgan to his request for supplies.

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, listing rations issued for overflow sufferers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting three thousand rations of meat for Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George E. Hasie to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for more rations for the area of New Town, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from G. M. Raymond in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, urgently requesting rations as the supplies have been exhausted.

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 release of two inmates from the state penitentiary by commutation.