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Ames Series 784
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Ames Series 784 contains incoming correspondence and other papers of Adelbert Ames, Governor of Mississippi from 1868-1870.
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Ames Series 784 contains incoming correspondence and other papers of Adelbert Ames, Governor of Mississippi from 1868-1870.
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Extradition Request from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 8, 1868
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Extradition request from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for John J. Calcote and W. Harrison Calcote wanted for murder.
Roster from First Lieutenant Ira Quinby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 1868
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Roster from First Lieutenant Ira Quinby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of the 24th United States Infantry listing Lieutenant Colonel Adelbert Ames as Provisional Governor of Mississippi
Extradition Request from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 5, 1869
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Extradition Request from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for John O'Neill wanted for murder.
Extradition Request from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth; August 5, 1869
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Extradition Request from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth to All to whom these presents shall come, for John O'Neill wanted for murder.
Extradition Request from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 29, 1869
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Extradition Request from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for D. G. Walker wanted for "shooting with intent to commit murder."
Extradition Request from Tennessee Governor D. W. C. Senter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 22, 1869
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Extradition Request from Tennessee Governor D. W. C. Senter to Mississippi Adelbert Ames, for Sambo Cook, William J. Cook, Jake Collins, and James McRory for murder.
Extradition Request from Ohio Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 28, 1869
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Extradition Request from Ohio Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for William Gilmer wanted for obtaining goods under false pretenses.
Extradition Request from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 1, 1869
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Extradition Request from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for Willis and Robert Haddox wanted for murder.
Extradition Request from Tennessee Governor W. G. Brownlow to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 9, 1868
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Extradition Request from Tennessee Governor W. G. Brownlow to Mississippi Adelbert Ames, for John Winters wanted for first degree murder.
List; January 1, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of appointments to office by Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for the year 1869.
Petition from Barrows Samples to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Barrows Samples, attorney at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a request for pardon from prisoner Thomas Jenkins, convicted of assault with intent to kill by a military commission in 1868.
Letters from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips of the Mississippi State Penitentiary to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, advising the governor of recent communication received from Superintendent Robert Kells of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum concerning the humanitarian pardon of three sick convicts. Enclosed is another letter from Philips certifying the good conduct of prisoner Thomas Jenkins. (Letter from Kells to Philips is document mdah_784-968-11-09).
Letter from Thomas Hanby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 6, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Thomas Hanby at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, advising the governor of the murder in Calhoun County, Mississippi, of Solomon Weeks allegedly by Hanby's nephew George Hanby, requesting that he be brought to justice.
Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to O. H. Crandall; February 17, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips of the Mississippi State Penitentiary to O. H. Crandall, recommending a pardon for William Brennan.
Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips of the Mississippi State Penitentiary to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, advising of the death of pardoned convict Lewis McCarty at Peris Plantation on the night of January 19, 1870, and enclosing the certificate of death from the attending physician.
Letter from Superintendent Robert Kells to Superintendent Z. A. Philips; January 25, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent Robert Kells of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum to Superintendent Z. A. Philips of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, detailing the ailments of three convicts in the state penitentiary and appeals for their release on humanitarian grounds. (Letter is the document from Kells to Philips mentioned in document mdah_784-968-11-08).
Letter from Sheriff J. P. Matthews to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 10, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. P. Matthews of Copiah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, enclosing a physical description of William Johnson, sought for the alleged murder of Frank Cheeves in the town of Beauregard, Mississippi.
Letter from Sheriff A. Parker to Lieutenant William Atwood; February 18, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. Parker of Amite County, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, containing a warrant for the arrests of John C. Sharkey and F. R. Morgan for the alleged murder of Matthew Cox.
Letter from Sheriff A. Parker to Lieutenant William Atwood; February 13, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. Parker of Amite County, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, advising of the highway robbery and murder of Matthew Cox allegedly by Rick Sharkey and F. R. Morgan, both of whom escaped to Louisiana.
Letter from Mayor H. B. Gegan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; February 24, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor H. B. Gegan of West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, advising the governor of the desired arrest of Mr. Fred Brewer for "conduct outrageous in character."
Letter from Justice of the Peace William Price to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 14, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor and Justice of the Peace William Price of Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, enclosing the depositions against Judge E. Gifford and explaining that said depositions were brought on by Gifford's attempts to avoid the consequences of the allegations detailed therein. Ames referred the letter to his private secretary, O. H. Crandall. (Enclosed depositions are mdah_784-968-11-05).
Letter from J. H. Pierce to Major William Atwood; February 14, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. H. Pierce at Panola, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, advising of the jail break with outside assistance of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, prisoners C. E. Mooney and W. J. Avant. Pierce asks that a reward of $1,000 be offered for the capture of Mooney, who is accused of murder.
Letter from J. C. Hammack to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 16, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. C. Hammack at DeKalb, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, advising the governor of the murder of E. Webb, allegedly by P. W. Felton who is still at large and is suspected of fleeing to Texas. Hammack provides a brief physical description of Felton.
Letter from H. H. Winter and C. E. Murphy to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 25, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. H. Winter and C. E. Murphy at Pittsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the murder of Solomon Weeks.
Letter from Georgia Governor Rufus B. Bullock to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; February 3, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Georgia Governor Rufus B. Bullock at Atlanta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, transmitting a copy of Georgia's joint resolution ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The copy is certified by Georgia Secretary of State David G. Cotting.