From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from B. K. Bruce, Alex Yerger and others to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of John Williams, who was charged with manslaughter.

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.