From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from L. L. Crounse at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the results of the election.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Requisition from Ohio Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the extradition of a fugitive. (Oversize document. Moved to Box 967).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petitions from citizens of Raymond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, in favor of Dora Sorsby (alias Dora Evans) whom petitioners claim was wrongfully convicted of poisoning an infant.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Justices Ephraim G. Peyton and Elza Jeffords of the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals and Mississippi Attorney-General Jasper Myers, to MIssissippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting an additional $150 in funding for the Mississippi State Library.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from J. R. Galtney at Liberty, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, expressing favor for the pardon of convicted freedman Wesley "The Prophet."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William J. Waterman at Detroit, Michigan, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, seeking an appointment as commissioner of deeds for Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William F. Lett New York City, New York, to former Mississippi Governor Benjamin G. Humphreys, seeking an appointment as commissioner of deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. A. Stovall at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, concerning the issue of a reward for escaped prisoner James Gardner, charged with murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting executive clemency for prisoners John O'Neal and J. L. Holsenback.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff William Noonan at Natchez, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, containing an itemized account of the Hartley case.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff William Noonan at Natchez, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, containing a bill of expenses in the Hartley case.

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, enclosing a petition for requisition from the Governor of Louisiana for escapees Charles Harris and Joseph Richardson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff C. E. Morgan of Washington County, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, concerning communication on the Edmund Rogers' jailbreak and the recommendation of John Wies as suitable custodian of prisoners in Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff C. E. Morgan of Washington County, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, expressing his regret that he is unable to travel due to an ongoing murder case in which there is great public interest. Morgan comments that the county jail is insecure and thus caution and diligence are necessary to prevent the escape of the accused and to prevent the public from lynching the accused.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff C. E. Morgan of Washington County, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, acknowledging receipt of the telegram from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Justice of the Peace Eugene Nordmann referencing prisoner Edward Rogers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff C. E. Morgan of Washington County, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, addressing the John Weis affidavit and suggesting the services of Oliver Winslow to secure the prisoner instead of Weis.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff C. E. Morgan of Washington County, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, requesting funds from the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum treasury to defray the expenses of transferring an African-American woman adjudged mentally ill by a jury.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff C. E. Morgan of Washington County, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, forwarding the original correspondence from Eugene Nordmann, justice of the peace of Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. G. Packer at Lexington, Mississippi, to First Lieutenant William Atwood, detailing the alleged murder of John J. Michie by John M. Michie.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Samuel Readus at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the murder of Irish laborer James McClung in Hazlehurst. Readus requests that Ames issue a proclamation to offer a reward for the apprehension of the perpetrators.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Burns at Jefferson, Texas, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing the Mississippi Governor that he has one Rogers (alias "William Johnson"), a freedman and alleged murderer, in military custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Judge George F. Brown of the Sixth Judicial District in Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a pardon for John Brown, a prisoner in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Joseph Spurlock at West Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting to guard the Mississippi River crossings and establish a reward for the capture of John M. Michie for the alleged murder of John J. Michie. Spurlock includes a physical description of J. M. Michie.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James Bruce, a prisoner in Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reminding the governor of his case and seeking executive pardon. This pardon was granted on June 25, 1869.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from I. W. Williams at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning state and county taxes collected by former Sherriff J. R. McCarroll.