From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Transcript from L. A. Lindsey to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of the indictment, verdict, and sentence from the case State of Mississippi V. Tom Shaw.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Resolutions from the state of New York Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the deaths of Brevet Major General Charles G. Halpine and Brevet Brigadier General Joseph R. Smith.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from citizens of Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a pardon for Thomas J. Riley, convicted of perjury.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from citizens of Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a pardon for Thomas Shaw, an African American man.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Mrs. J. J. Broughton and others at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon for J. J. Broughton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Justice of the Peace W. H. Smither of Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing sworn statements from S. S. Tyler and William H. Graham concerning the murder of William H. Tyler and George M. McCuller, allegedly by Robert B. Smith, H. C. Smith, and Nicholas Christian. Enclosed is a letter from District Attorney E. Harris at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking the state to offer a reward for the capture of the alleged murderers named in Smither's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William M. Hancock at Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, regarding the pardon petition of C. P. Bowman.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Texas Secretary of State W. C. Philips to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning prepayment of postage on public documents forwarded by Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Samuel Hughes at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi, to Judge Morris, appealing for a new trial.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from the Honorable Robert A. Hill at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning an affidavit forwarded to Governor Ames.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Richard C. Kerr to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming the reward for the capture of Miles Gibbons, alleged murderer of Captain William M. Estelle. On the reverse, Justice of the Peace James H. Boyd records a sworn statement from Kerr certifying that the facts he presents in his claim are true.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Oscar Harvey and others to Mr. Kearns, inquiring as to the decision of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames concerning a petition submitted by citizens of Verona, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from New Jersey State Librarian C. Jesse Mulford to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, accompanying the transmittal of a copy of laws for 1868 and requesting receipt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from N. J. Dobbins at Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a land deed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Justices Thomas P. Shackelford and Elza Jeffords of the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, providing testimony regarding the trial of Frank Wharton, a freedman, and requesting executive clemency on his behalf.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames in Jackson, Mississippi, to the President of the Mississippi Central Railroad Company, requesting compliance with a legislative act requiring railroad companies to repay debts to the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, to the Sheriff of Madison County, Mississippi, instructing delivery of correspondence to the President of the Mississippi Central Railroad Company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mary Massar to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a plea for executive clemency for Van Massar, husband of Mary Massar.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Lieutenant John Tyler at the Fourth Military District Headquarters in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to First Lieutenant John R. Hynes, Military Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, instructing assumption of duties concerning repairs to the State Lunatic Asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from First Lieutenant John R. Hynes, the Military Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing an itemized list of requested medical supplies with associated costs for the penitentiary medical dispensary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter of recommendation from First Lieutenant John R. Hynes, Military Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, on behalf of convict Thomas Shaw, an African American man.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Judge John E. McNair of the Second Judicial District in Covington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, petitioning clemency for Humphrey Graves.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Judge J. Watts in Rankin County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a petition in favor of convict George Norwood, an African-American man.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Judge J. M. Smiley at Liberty, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating his opinion concerning the pardon of Samuel Hughes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John W. Robinson at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, regarding Robinson's appointment to committee.