From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Transcription from the Circuit Court of Marshall County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of the indictment, verdict, and sentence on the case of the State of Mississippi V. Henry Miller.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Patrick Mallow to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, regarding entitlement to one quarter of the reward for apprehension of the assassin of Captain William Estelle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from G. S. Fox, W. L. Hemingway, and W. G. Beau of Carroll County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a pardon for Henry Blackbern.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from David Watts to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, on behalf of George Sargent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter of inquiry from William B. Hill at Baltimore, Maryland, to D. C. Kearns, concerning Hill's application for Mississippi Commissioner of Deeds in Maryland.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. L. of the Northampton, Massachusetts, Lunatic Asylum to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning recommendations for the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum. Former Mississippi Governor, Judge William L. Sharkey, is mentioned in the text.

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, requesting that all public documents be sent by mail rather than express shipping.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Rufus K. McHarg in New York to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning McHarg's appointment as Commissioner of Deeds for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Rufus K. McHarg in New York to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting appointment as commissioner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Luther R. Martin at Indianapolis, Indiana, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting renewal of his commission as commissioner of deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Military Superintendent Lieutenant John R. Hynes in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning financial statements of the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter of recommendation from Justice J. H. McGinn of the New York Superior Court to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for Rufus McHarg's appointment as commissioner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter of application from Joseph L. Papin at Saint Louis, Missouri, to former Mississippi Secretary of State C. A. Brougher, for an appointment as commissioner of deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Joseph L. Papin and James S. Thomas at Saint Louis, Missouri, to former Mississippi Governor Benjamin G. Humphreys, soliciting an appointment as commissioner of deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John A. Watson at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the manslaughter conviction of freedman Henry Miller.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. M. Upshaw at Vaiden, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a pardon of sentence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter of application from Frederic N. Dodge at New York City, New York, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for appointment as Commissioners of Deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter of recommendation from E. O. Morgan in New York to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for Rufus McHarg's appointment as commissioner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Recommendation letter from Benjamin D. Whitney in Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, on behalf of Nicholas Callan for reappointment as commissioner of deeds for the District of Columbia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George Sargent at Natchez, Mississippi, to Major General A. C. Gillem, concerning the alleged murder of Sargent's father by soldiers of the garrison of Natchez in 1864. Sargent's letter was forwarded to the headquarters of the Fourth Military District at Vicksburg, Mississippi, along with a letter from Brevet Colonel N. A. M. Dudley summarizing Sargent's claims. Brevet Major John Tyler, Assistant Adjutant General for the Fourth Military District, forwarded Sargent's letter first to Judge James M. Smiley and later to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames along with a letter from Tyler summarizing Smiley's recommendation that the alleged murderers be arrested.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from D. C. Kearns at Jackson, Mississippi, to Thomas Hillhouse, seeking official remarks on the enclosed application. At the bottom of the letter, there is a reply from Thomas Hillhouse dated October 13, 1868.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Certification from H. Hanlin, that Andrew Dean filed an affidavit.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Affidavit from George W. Masters to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, regarding Captain William M. Estelle's murder.