From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from citizens of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting pardon of Mac, James, Phillip, and Abram Phillips from incarceration in the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi. The petition is endorsed by George F. Brown.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from citizens of Grenada County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking that a reward be offered for the apprehension and conviction of the murderers of John Futhy. The petition is endorsed by William Price, postmaster for Grenada, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Thomas Anderson (alias John Ballentine), a prisoner at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, petitioning for Anderson's pardon and released. Enclosed are letters of recommendation from Superintendent Z. A. Philips and First Lieutenant John R. Hynes certifying Anderson's good conduct and advocating for his release. Also attached is a record of Anderson's United States Navy service under the name John Ballentine.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Handlon, a prisoner at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing the events leading to his incarceration for manslaughter and request for clemency.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to O. H. Crandall, enclosing descriptive list for two escaped fugitives from the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi.

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, requesting review and signature on military convict accounts.

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, informing Ames of the difficulties in incarcerating Susan Stokes, a female convict that is far into a pregnancy. Philips advises that he has no place to put Stokes "out of hearing of the male convicts" during labor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Peavie, the Superintendent of the Memphis, Tennessee, Metropolitan Police, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, giving notice that escaped prisoner Mike Dunn, also known as Thomas Devine, is in custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent W. H. Peavie of the Metropolitan Police at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the offer of reward for the arrest of an alleged murderer on behalf of citizens of Oakland, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. C. McGowan of Panola County, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, reporting information on fugitive John Murdock, suspected of murder and leading a band of Ku Klux Klan members in Panola County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. C. McGowan of Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the a reward be offered for the apprehension of John Murdock, a fugitive from justice.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. M. Gillespie of St. Joseph, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting endorsement and proper authorization concerning a requisition sent to Ames by Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. H. Arthur of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting endorsement of approval for the Auditor of Public Accounts to send warrants to members of the jury for the Warren County, Mississippi, Criminal Court.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. H. Arthur of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, presenting a statement of services to the auditor for members of the Grand Jury of the Criminal Court that refused to disband.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. H. Arthur of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the dismissal of Judge Speed and the breaking up of the grand jury of the criminal court.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Samuel Abbott to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting an appointment as commissioner of deeds in Boston, Massachusetts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Rodney Payton to O. H. Crandall, detailing the case against fugitive John Murdock.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Ohio Governor Rutherford B. Hayes at Columbus, Ohio, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, transmitting a copy of a joint resolution passed by the Ohio General Assembly rejecting the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The copy of the resolution is certified by Ohio Secretary of State Isaac R. Sherwood.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to Judge Robert Andrews Hill, giving Hill the power of attorney to represent interests of the state of Mississippi at the Central Rail Road Convention in Water Valley, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Brevet Major T. H. Logan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a copy of a letter received by Logan relating the whereabouts and employment of Samuel Seiver, who is allegedly the murderer of James G. Simpkins.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Judge Robert Andrews Hill at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting power of attorney to represent the interests of the state of Mississippi at the Central Rail Road Convention in Water Valley, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Joseph Spurlock in Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reiterating the request that the Mississippi River crossings should be guarded and a reward offered for the capture of John M. Michie for the murder of John J. Michie.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. S. Morris at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing arrests by Constable Robert Marvin of two escaped convicts and requesting clarification as to the amount of reward owed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. J. Shannon at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing the murder of Jeff I. Hyde allegedly by Albert D. Lowner and a description of the fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Cox at the United States Department of the Interior in Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending Dr. J. E. Carpenter of Memphis, Tennessee.