From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Roster of the officers in the 24th United States Army Infantry Regiment. (Oversize document. Moved to Box 967).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from the State of Mississippi to Isaac Patten, acknowledging payment of $30.00 for cutting and carrying into the Executive Mansion twenty cords of wood.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. Ben Cunningham at Canton, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall at Jackson, Mississippi, acknowledging Crandall's correspondence and naming the amount of reward as 250 dollars. Cunningham requests that that Doctor Crandall should not act further until he meets with Captain Franklin Smith.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of State Hamilton Fish at Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, enclosing a translated letter from Vicomte de Faverney, the Charge d'Affaires of France, requesting copies of laws in the United States related to printing and bookselling.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Report from Z. A. Philips, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall in Jackson, Mississippi, on the escapes of William Bently, Robert Brothers, Frank Watson, Boling Le Parish, and Frank Brady on November 4 and 6.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, enclosing a report of recent escapes from the Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Jackson, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, asking him to consider pardoning Jefferson Fredericks, a prisoner convicted by the Circuit Court of Yazoo County, Mississippi, for grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Jackson, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, asking him to consider pardoning Lizzie Green, convicted by the Circuit Court of Adams County, Mississippi, for grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Jackson, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, informing him of the good conduct of James Bradley, a prisoner convicted of larceny in February 1868 by the Circuit Court of Desoto County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Z. A. Philips to O. H. Crandall, providing the names, physical descriptions, birthplaces, and sentences of escaped men from the Mississippi Asylum for the Blind.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Wood, Sheriff of Leake County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging receipt of the reprieve order in the case of Zach Whaland.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. H. Tuttle, Sheriff of Carroll County, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, acknowledging receipt of the pardon of Daniel Grantham.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. H. Tuttle, Sheriff of Carroll County, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, enclosing a statement in case of Daniel Grantham as directed by Dr. Crandall.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. E. Johnson, Sheriff of Sunflower County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting a reward be issued for the arrest of John Gaines, an African American, who was accused of murdering Adam Branagan, an African American, on October 26, 1869.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Samuel Young at Carthage, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the receipt of an order of reprieve by the Sheriff of Leake County, Mississippi. Young requests Crandall reissue the reprieve.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from P. M. Wilson at Oxford, Mississippi, to Major William Atwood, enclosing a list of registered voters in Beat One, Lafayette County, Mississippi, who did not vote in the December 30, 1869 election.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor Daniel M. Fox of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, endorsing Henry Phillips Jr. for appointment as Commissioner of Deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from First Lieutenant W. H. Campion at Jackson, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, including an enclosed abstract of voters from other counties in Pike County, Mississippi, and other papers returned for correction.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. R. Howe, Justice of the Peace in Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the escape and ongoing manhunt for convicted rapist George Mattox.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John M. Chilton at Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for consideration for the appointment of Commissioner of Deeds in Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Attorney Henry Phillips Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to O. H. Crandall in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding the letter of endorsement for Phillips' appointment as Commissioner of Deeds.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Attorney Henry Philips Jr. at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting an appointment as Commissioner of Deeds. O. H. Crandall responds stating that Philips must have good recommendations accompanying an application.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George L. Potter and other trustees for the Mississippi Institution for the Blind at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a $2,000.00 quarterly appropriation for the Institution.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles J. Rosenberg at Jacksonville, Florida, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, thanking him for his letter from November 2nd, 1869.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles D. Reppy, editor of 'The New South' newspaper in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames in Jackson, Mississippi, requesting payment for publishing Governor Ames' proclamations in regard to escaped convicts.