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Deposition from I. M. Broom to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; June 29, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Deposition from J. M. Beavers of Lee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, regarding voter registration. Attached is a sample ballot Democratic state ticket.

Deposition from I. M. Shellman to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; June 29, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Deposition from I. M. Skillman of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames regarding voter registration. Attached is a sample ballot Democratic state ticket.

Deposition from Jack Rogers Ford; June 29, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Deposition of voter registration from Jack Rogers Ford of Guntown, Mississippi, sworn before Elections Commissioner J. V. Thomas of Itawamba County, Mississippi. Document includes an attached sample state Democratic electoral ticket.

Letter from John M. Thompson to the Honorable W. T. Stricklin; February 14, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John M. Thompson to the Honorable W. T. Stricklin, concerning executive clemency for Samuel White.

Letter from Lieutenant John R. Hynes to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 11, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from First Lieutenant John R. Hynes, the Military Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing an itemized list of requested medical supplies with associated costs for the penitentiary medical dispensary.

Letter from Mary Massar to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 10, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mary Massar to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a plea for executive clemency for Van Massar, husband of Mary Massar.

Letter from Mississippi High Court Judges Thomas Shackelford and E. Jeffords to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 21, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Justices Thomas P. Shackelford and Elza Jeffords of the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, providing testimony regarding the trial of Frank Wharton, a freedman, and requesting executive clemency on his behalf.

Letter from Lieutenant John R. Hynes to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 27, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Military Superintendent Lieutenant John R. Hynes in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning financial statements of the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

Letter from W. L. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 7, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. L. of the Northampton, Massachusetts, Lunatic Asylum to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning recommendations for the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum. Former Mississippi Governor, Judge William L. Sharkey, is mentioned in the text.

Letter from John P. Renke to Mayor John A. Wilson; March 29, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John P. Renke, Recorder of the First District of New Orleans, Louisiana, to John A. Wilson, the Mayor of Water Valley, Mississippi, announcing the imprisonment of James W. Markham, charged with the alleged murder of Dr. Simon.

Letter from L. S. Moore to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; March 30, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from L. S. Moore at Paris, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, appealing to the Governor for assistance in procuring a reward for his role in the arrest of murder suspect Samuel C. Wilson in Memphis, Tennessee.

Letter from Nathanel Gill and Judge John W. Barbour to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 8, 1869

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.

Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to O. H. Crandall; March 31, 1869

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.

Publication from Florida Governor Harrison Reed to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; 1869

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.

Letter from George F. Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 15, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George F. Brown at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, soliciting funds to send the stomach of an alleged poisoning victim to Louisville, Kentucky, for analysis.

Letter from Lieutenant William Atwood to O. H. Crandall; May 28, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Note from Lieutenant William Atwood to O. H. Crandall, concerning the extradition of J. W. Hartley to Jackson, Mississippi.

Letter from Sheriff William H. Noble to O. H. Crandall; May 14, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff William H. Noble of Wilkson County, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, relaying an affidavit a prominent citizen of the county against Henry R. Keller, alleged to be "a notorious horse thief."

Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to O. H. Crandall; May 25, 1869

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, concerning a warrant for Marion Kelly.

Letter from William Atwood to O. H. Crandall; May 15, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Atwood to O. H. Crandall, responding to a request by Crandall for an appropriation of funds to send the stomach of a person suspected of being poisoned to Louisville, Kentucky, for analysis.

Receipt from Richard Hill to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 31, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Receipt from Richard Hill to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for issuance of $43.00 for 8 cords of wood for the executive mansion.

Letter from Frederic Speed to O. H. Crandall; June 5, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from attorney Frederic Speed at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, concerning reimbursement of expenses for services rendered.

Letter from Joseph Spurlock to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 17, 1869

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.

Letter from Samuel Readus to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; June 21, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Samuel Redus 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.

Letter from Sheriff A. G. Packer to Lieutenant William Atwood; July 21, 1869

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.

Letter from Sheriff William Noonan to O. H. Crandall; June 16, 1869

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.