From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Duff Green to Adjutant General A. G. Packer, detailing the seizure of five cases of guns by a mob from a boat at a wharf in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Colfax (now Clay) County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Jordan Ivy, who was convicted of grand larceny. The Judge and district attorney declined to endorse.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Amite County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Cyrus Chaney, who was convicted of larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. C. Walker to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging receipt of letter from Ames, stating that Walker's letter was "under consideration." Includes sarcastic definition of word "consideration" and urgently requested Ames to act to prevent raids by white men on the African American population of Noxubee County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from R. E. Leachman in Meridian, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Henry Edwards, who was convicted of burglary. The petition includes endorsement from the district attorney of Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Lowndes County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Curtis Jenkins, who was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill. (Recommendations against pardon by the district attorney and judge in the case included)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. D. Spratt in Claiborne County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, inquiring if Mike Johnson was pardoned in 1865, and detailing the tension between Republicans and Democrats in Claiborne County. Democrats are reported to be heavily armed, possibly with rifles seized in theft in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John B. Hemphill in French Camp, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending A. J. Passons as the surveyor of Choctaw County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. C. Augur to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that no troops from the Army Department of the Gulf are available to put down the riots in Clinton, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing an altercation between white Democrats and largely African American Republicans in Yazoo County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from I. M. Morrison in Byram, Mississippi to Captain A. W. Allyn, acknowledging the receipt of a letter from Ames to United States President Ulysses S. Grant.

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, commuting the sentence of Milton Willis who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. D. Gillespie, requesting the bearer, To. Bishop, be left unharmed as he escorts Frank Thompson to Raymond, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. F. Simonton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting funding to travel to Washington, Mississippi, to ask for federal help against violent attacks against the African American population of Lee County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. H. Harney to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting on the riots in Clinton, Mississippi. Harney could not keep the peace or raise a sufficient posse.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Transcript of telegraph from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to United States President Ulysses S. Grant, asking for military help against rampant violence taking place throughout the state. It includes account of seizure of firearms by a mob from the dock of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Garland in Summit, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending Cyprus S. Simmons for treasurer of Pike County, Mississippi.