From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Sam Stephens to David Vance, stating that Stephens has captured the man that stole Vance's horse. Stephens states that the man he captured is in the guard house in Mobile, Alabama, and cannot be held long.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from H. Milne, Chief of Police of Mobile, Alabama, to David Vance, stating that J. H. (James) Williams cannot be delivered without requisition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from H. Milne, Chief of Police of Mobile, Alabama, to David Vance, stating that J. H. (James) Williams is in custody and requesting that Vance bring a requisition to receive him at once.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Receipt from the State of Mississippi to Mississippi State Geologist George Little, for $800.00 in expenses of the Geological Survey, October 20th, 1868, to March 20th, 1869 which was approved by the legislature on February 10, 1860.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Printed booklet from Florida Governor Harrison Reed to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, consisting of a transcript of the annual message to the legislature of Florida with accompanying documents.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. R. Barksdale at Coffeeville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, advising of the enclosed affidavit concerning larceny of a mule.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to O. H. Crandall, informing him that convict Orange Lee has escaped custody from a camp near Lake Bolivar, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. L. Morris, Sheriff of Carroll County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that Samuel C. Wilson has been taken into custody and charged with murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff R. H. Felder of Pike County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting on the escape of Joseph W. Head who was charged with murder, and J. L. Wynn who was charged with horse theft, from the Pike County, Mississippi, jail.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from N. C. Peavie, Superintendent of the Memphis, Tennessee, Metropolitan Police, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting payment of a $150.00 reward for the apprehension of alleged murderer Samuel Wilson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Nathanel Gill, an attorney at New York City, New York, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, applying for appointment as a commissioner of deeds. On the reverse, Judge John W. Barbour of the New York City Superior Court endorses Gill's application.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Geologist George Little at Oxford, Mississippi, to Captain D. C. Kearns, concerning the expenses of the Mississippi State Geological Survey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging receipt of the bond of Henry Musgrove, Mississippi State Auditor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals Judge Thomas P. Shackleford at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a pardon for a penitentiary inmate.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Order from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, to the Mississippi State Auditor, for issuance of $33.00 to E. Moody for five cords of wood delivered at the mansion.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Order from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, to the Mississippi State Auditor, for issuance of $58.33 to Captain D. C. Kearnes for service as Keeper of the Capitol.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Order from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, to the Mississippi State Auditor, for issuance of $66.00 to Captain D. C. Kearnes for services as Private Secretary to the Governor. The amount of the payment was revised from $66.00 to $156.66.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Order from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, to the Mississippi State Auditor, for issuance of $90.00 to Captain D. C. Kearnes for services as clerk to the Governor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Mississippi State Auditor, with an order for issuance of $4.50 to Charles Chisman for labor in the Mississippi State Library.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Captain D. C. Kearns, authorizing Kearns to offer rewards for the apprehension of Frank Martin's accessories in a murder case. Attached is a list of physical descriptions of each of Martin's alleged accomplices by Justice of the Peace N. S. McCormick.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Michael Jacobs at New York City, New York, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, applying for appointment as Commissioner of Deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor John A. Wilson of Water Valley, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a question of authority by officials in Water Valley, Mississippi, to extradite James W. Markam from New Orleans, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Malcolm Moss to the Honorable Thomas Shackleford, judge of the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals, requesting a pardon and release from the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Requisition from Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for the arrest and extradition of a fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Lemuel L. Griffith at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting on the search for Joe Davis in Panola County, Mississippi, during which Griffith was threatened with death by armed men.