Criminal Procedures--Pardon

"If someone who has committed a crime is pardoned, that person is officially forgiven and their punishment is stopped." (Cambridge Dictionary)"An act of mercy by a person in authority toward someone who has committed a crime, esp. by reducing a punishment." (Cambridge Dictionary)

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Letter from Alfred Swayze to General Irvin McDowell; June 13, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Claim from Alfred Swayze, former member of Board of Police, in Adams County, Mississippi, to Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell, the Commander of the Fourth Military District, concerning his right to register and vote.

Letter from Charles M. Benbrook to General Irvin McDowell; June 26, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles M. Benbrook, a former constable, in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, to Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell, the Commander of the Fourth Military District, concerning his right to register and vote.

Letter from George A. Smythe to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 24, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George A. Smythe in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the pardon petition of Robert Marble.

Letter from Hancock Lazuer to General Irvin McDowell; July 20, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Hancock Lazuer, a former constable, in Adams County, Mississippi, to Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell, the Commander of the Fourth Military District, concerning his right to vote.

Letter from J. S. Morris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 13, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. S. Morris, attorney at law in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, writing about solicitation of executive clemency for Samuel Hughes, a freedman convicted of rape.

Letter from J. S. Morris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 31, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. S. Morris at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting executive clemency for Samuel Hughes, a freedman convicted of rape.

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 Major C. C. Shackleford to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 20, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Major C. C. Shackleford and other petitioners in Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting executive clemency for Samuel Vanvactor, a formerly enslaved African-American man convicted of "unlawful cohabitation."

Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; June 26, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, granting pardon to Elisha Baker to be released from prison.

Letter from R. P. Williams to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 13, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. P. Williams of the Second Judicial District in Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, writing about solicitation of executive clemency for Elmore Hester, convicted hog thief.

Letter from Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 27, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the pardon of William J. B. Ellington.

Letter from Robert Wood to General Irvin McDowell; June 13, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Claim from Robert Wood, a former probate court clerk and Confederate veteran, in Adams County, Mississippi, to Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell, the Commander of the Fourth Military District, concerning his right to register and vote. Claim was denied citing constitutional authority by McDowell.

Letter from Thomas Gafton to General Irvin McDowell; June 13, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Thomas Grafton, former state legislator and Confederate veteran, of Adams County, Mississippi, to Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell, the Commander of the Fourth Military District, containing a claim concerning his right to register and vote. Claim was denied citing constitutional authority by McDowell.

Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 21, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from citizens of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to pardon Presley Smith, an African American convicted of larceny and burglary.

Letter from F. Hansman; September 13, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from F. Hansman, Sergeant of the Guard of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, regarding the favorable prison record of Frank Wharton, an African-American freedman.

Letter from George A. Smythe to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 14, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George A. Smythe at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the petition for pardon of Thomas Shaw, an African-American man imprisoned at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

Letter from Jason Niles to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 21, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Jason Niles at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a request for pardon of T. J. Ridley who was convicted of perjury.

Letter from Judge J. M. Smiley to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 18, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Judge J. M. Smiley at Liberty, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating his opinion concerning the pardon of Samuel Hughes.

Letter from Judge John E. McNair to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 15, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Judge John E. McNair of the Second Judicial District in Covington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, petitioning clemency for Humphrey Graves.

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 William M. Hancock to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 2, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William M. Hancock at Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, regarding the pardon petition of C. P. Bowman.

Petition from Mrs. J. J. Broughton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 17, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Mrs. J. J. Broughton and others at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon for J. J. Broughton.

Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 5, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from citizens of Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a pardon for Thomas Shaw, an African American man.

Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 16, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from citizens of Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a pardon for Thomas J. Riley, convicted of perjury.

Letter from J. M. Upshaw to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 16, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. M. Upshaw at Vaiden, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a pardon of sentence.