From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. R. Ware from Brandon, Mississippi to Mrs. B. B. Miller, asking that Mrs. Miller secure an attorney for her husband, who was later pardoned.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Rankin County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of George Rhodes, who was convicted of altering the mark of a hog. The pardon is included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from T. Jeffrey Stevens to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting Governor Ames autograph.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to F. C. Harris, written to Harris to gauge the potential interest of Frederick Douglass in becoming the President of Alcorn University.

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, stating the commutation of sentence of James Perkins, who was convicted of burglary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John T. Maseley to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, thanking Governor Ames for revoking the appointment of J. F. Simmons that was made by A. K. Davis in his absence.

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, stating the commutation of the sentence of George Dunn, who was convicted of larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Former Mississippi Speaker of the House John R. Lynch and others in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting aid for overflow victims in the Dead Man's Bend area.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. Blackman to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking when an election for the third senatorial district will be ordered.

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, enclosing a commutation of the sentence of J. W. Saunders, who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Sheriff of Rankin County, Mississippi, stating the pardon of Alex Miller, who was charged with murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, enclosing a list of prisoners whose terms are set to expire in August 1874.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff of Hernando, Mississippi J. J. Evans to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting that a reward be offered for the capture of J. F. B. Searcey.

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, enclosing a commutation of the sentence of David Bennett, who was convicted of assault and battery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Colfax County, Mississippi, now Clay County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Silas Murrah, who was convicted of unlawfully working an animal.

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, enclosing a commutation of the sentence of Ben Edwards, who was convicted of burglary.

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, enclosing a commutation of the sentence of John Eaton, who was convicted of selling diseased flesh.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. M. Jayne Jr. in Brandon, Mississippi to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, requesting that a reward and warrant be issued for the capture of an escaped convict.