From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from "C. E. C." in New Orleans, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking if a reward is still being offered for the capture of Joseph Head, who is wanted for murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Union County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for the pardon of Henry Folsom, who was convicted of murder. The case is in front of the Mississippi Supreme Court.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Davis Sims to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing how Sims was warned on his way home from church that a group of armed men intended to kill him. He hid in the woods before fleeing to Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, threatening to murder more African-Americans in Warren County, Mississippi. The note on letter wrapper claims letter from the Ku Klux Klan.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. W. McKisson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, warning that the current attitude of most Southerners near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is hostile towards carpetbaggers and African-Americans, as well as their southern allies; McKisson also claims that riots similar to the one in Clinton, Mississippi, will be common for at least another generation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from George Holmes to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing Holmes's fleeing to Jackson, Mississippi, after being warned that a group of armed men intended to kill him. He does not feel safe to return home and harvest his crop without protection.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Jerry Carpenter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing Carpenter witnessing the attempted shooting of a friend and fleeing to Jackson, Mississippi, after being warned that he would also be killed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Napoleon Walker to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing Walker's fleeing to Jackson, Mississippi from Clinton, Mississippi, after being warned that white men were looking for him with the intent to kill him. The statement includes corroborating testimony from David Whites and Pat Whites.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. I. Williams in Crystal Springs, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting his concern that white Democrats will attempt to violently overthrow the government of Copiah County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. K. Jones to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, notifying Ames that the white population of Hazlehurst, Mississippi, has acquired guns and pistols, and is asking Ames for help against armed bands.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Alfred Moses to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing being wounded at the barbecue in Clinton, Mississippi, that was the inciting incident of the riot.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Henry Jones to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing Jones's experience being chased and shot at by a group of white men in Hinds County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Anthony Henderson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing Henderson's fleeing from an armed band of white men from Clinton, Mississippi, and the disappearance of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Eli Burrell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the alleged murder of Lewis Russell, Burrell's stepfather, by a group of armed white men from Clinton, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Tony Robinson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing Robinson's experience fleeing from the riots at Clinton, Mississippi, and being fired upon by white men on the road.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from S. B. Hall to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as pilot commissioner of the bay of Pascagoula, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Jesse Downing to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing Downing's fleeing to Jackson, Mississippi, after being warned that a white man threatened to kill him for being "at the election" the previous Saturday. He does not feel safe to return home and harvest his crops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. J. Martin to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting that groups of armed white men are patrolling the streets of Hinds County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. A. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that "Buckley" has taken possession of the sheriff's office in Yazoo County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Freeman Jones to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing how Jones first fled for his life from an armed mob after being warned he would be killed. After returning home days later, he was accosted again, asked whether he was "a Democrat or a radical," and was told the mob would kill "20 radicals for every Democrat."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from John Massie to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing Massie and a group of friends fleeing a group of armed white men who claimed they intended to murder Ben Briton and Jim Fang and "did not intend to spare any of the black men."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Charles Henry to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the discovery of the bodies of three African-American men on a bridge in Hinds County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from John Allison to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing how Allison hid in the woods for several days after being warned that a band of armed white men were looking for him with the intent to kill him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from M. T. Gray to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing being wounded at the barbecue in Clinton, Mississippi, that was the inciting incident of the riot.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Edward Gilliam to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the armed group of 50 white men who seized control of Edwards following the riots at Clinton, Mississippi.