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Letter from J. C. Holmes to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 16, 1862

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. C. Holmes at Winstonville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to have the local wool-carder exempted from military service.

Letter from Charles W. Clarke to M. B. Sullivan; January 4, 1874

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke to M. B. Sullivan, asking Sullivan to request that Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames set aside a forfeiture for one of his clients. On the reverse, Ames pencils a note indicating that Clarke's letter was "Referred to Shackelford".

Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 10, 1874

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting leave of absence for ninety days. Leave granted for sixty days.

Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 15, 1874

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing rations received and their distribution in Washington County, Mississippi.

Letter from W. H. Harris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 22, 1874

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Harris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting rations for sufferers along Deer Creek as backwater continues to rise.

Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 24, 1874

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting 4,000 rations for the area of Greenville, Mississippi.

Letter from John N. Shields to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 3, 1874

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John N. Shields to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a report on rations distributed in the area of Greenville, Mississippi. The report is not included.

Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 19, 1874

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of B. D. McGowan who was convicted of aiding the escape of a convict.

Petition from E. Jeffords to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 29, 1875

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from E. Jeffords to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of Wash Green, convicted of larceny.

Petition from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 19, 1876

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for release of forfeiture against Julius Longfield.

Letter from Charles W. Clarke and William Burls to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers; November 17, 1873

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Powers Collection. Letter from Chas. W. Clarke and William Burls to Mississippi Governor Ridgley C. Powers, concerning a pardon for Burls.

Letter from C. P. Huntington and others to Mississippi Governor John M. Stone; November 15, 1878

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Stone Collection. Letter from C. P. Huntington and others in Greenville, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor John M. Stone, recommending L. T. Rucks as Washington County, Mississippi Chancery Clerk.