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.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of names of a petition from Adams County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Willie Holmes. (Petition not attached)