From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Certified copy from Missouri Secretary of State Michael K. McGrath in Jefferson, Missouri of resolution by Missouri General Assembly to improve the mouth of the Mississippi River.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. F. Connell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as mayor of Mayhew, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. R. Pease in Jackson, Mississippi to William H. Fitzgerald, apologizing for comments made in Washington papers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Clay County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of James Fox and Adam Gibson, who was charged with helping a jail escapee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of names of a petition from Adams County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Willie Holmes. (Petition not attached)
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, pardoning Lewis Moore, convicted of perjury.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from H. H. Harrington in West Point, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of James Fox and Adam Gibson, convicted of unspecified crimes.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton in Saltillo, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to appoint B. F. Barton as bailiff of District Two of Lee County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Bond of surety of N. B. Bridges, B. K. Bruce, L. N. Matthews, Martin Keary, W. H. Bolton, and L. T. Webber of eighty thousand dollars.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. F. Boulden in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as trustee of Alcorn University.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Lloyd of the Lloyd Map Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a quote for a map of the United States.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from G. C. Chandler in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending Joseph St. Amant as pilot commissioner of Pass Christian, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Yalobusha County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for the pardon of Jerry Buford, who was convicted of manslaughter.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Sheriff of Colfax County (Now Clay County), Mississippi, pardoning Adam Gibson, charged with assisting prisoners to escape.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from B. K. Bruce in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as sheriff and tax collector of Bolivar County, Mississippi, presumably to begin service as a United States senator.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Copy of contract in Hinds County, Mississippi for prisoner labor for O. C. French and Charles S. Jobes.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. S. Bunyard in Grand Bluff, Texas to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking if there is a reward for a man named "Rainwater" who previously escaped from prison.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from L. Hobson in Meridian, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as the constable of District One of Lauderdale County, Mississippi. (Includes recommendation of N. J. Shelton as replacement)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. D. Bland to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to allow him to look after vacant homestead lands in the Mississippi Counties of Grenada, Yalobusha, and Tallahatchie.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from I. N. Osborn in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi State Attorney General George E. Harris, requesting the names of the representatives of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad Company in a court case.
