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Letter from A. Y. Harper to L. A. Lindsey; July 29, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. Y. Harper, district attorney, to L. A. Lindsey, requesting information on Van Tabour.

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 L. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 6, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from L. A. Philips of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, soliciting executive clemency for N. E. Broughton, convicted of manslaughter.

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 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 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 Robert A. Hill to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 26, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from the Honorable Robert A. Hill at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning an affidavit forwarded to Governor Ames.

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.

Correspondence between George Sargent, N. A. M. Dudley, and John Tyler to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George Sargent at Natchez, Mississippi, to Major General A. C. Gillem, concerning the alleged murder of Sargent's father by soldiers of the garrison of Natchez in 1864. Sargent's letter was forwarded to the headquarters of the Fourth Military District at Vicksburg, Mississippi, along with a letter from Brevet Colonel N. A. M. Dudley summarizing Sargent's claims. Brevet Major John Tyler, Assistant Adjutant General for the Fourth Military District, forwarded Sargent's letter first to Judge James M. Smiley and later to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames along with a letter from Tyler summarizing Smiley's recommendation that the alleged murderers be arrested.

Letter from John A. Watson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 29, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John A. Watson at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the manslaughter conviction of freedman Henry Miller.

Extradition papers from Georgia Governor Rufus Bullock to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 31, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Georgia Governor Rufus B. Bullock to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing an extradition order for Enoch A. Rhodes for larceny. Also enclosed are affidavits from W. T. Harley testifying that Rhodes is guilty, sworn before Justice of the Peace J. E. Hutson; orders from Justice of the Peace John S. Barnes; and a certificate from Georgia Governor Bullock and Georgia Secretary of State David G. Cotting confirming that J. E. Hutson is a justice of the peace.

Letter from N. H. Simrall to General George C. McKee; December 9, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter of affidavit from N. H. Simrall at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Brigadier General George C. McKee, concerning the pardon of United States Army veteran Parvin and Confederate veteran Johnson on the charge of mule theft.

Letter from Sheriff James M. Clay to Colonel Handy Hutson; December 14, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James McCloy, Sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi, to Colonel Handy Hutson, stating that the African-American man returned to custody under the name of Jasper Mulligan was actually convicted under the name Joe Lewis.

Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; Undated

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from citizens of Adams County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting that Thomas Jenkins, convicted of assault on Jefferson Banks, an African American, be released to care for his family. The petitioners ask Ames to use his influence with United States President Ulysses S. Grant to secure Jenkins' release. The petition is endorsed by Sheriff William Noonan of Adams County.

Letter from Colonel N. A. M. Dudley to Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth; January 7, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Colonel N. A. M. Dudley at Natchez, Mississippi, to Louisiana Governor Henry C. Warmoth, requesting a warrant for the arrest of W. T. Hewett, alleged attempted murderer of United States Congressman George C. McKee, in Tensas Parish, Louisiana.

Letter from Colonel N. A. M. Dudley to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 14, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Colonel N. A. M. Dudley at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, enclosing communication sent to the Governor of Louisiana requesting a requisition to arrest W. T. Hewett for the alleged attempted murder of United States Congressman George C. McKee.

Letter from Mississippi High Court Judge Thomas P. Shackleford to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 25, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals Judge Thomas P. Shackleford at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a pardon for a penitentiary inmate.

Affidavit from S. C. Elliott; May 28, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Affidavit from S. C. Elliott, justice of the peace in Washington County, Mississippi, concerning the trial and conviction of Henry Barnett for robbery, assault, and battery.

Correspondence between Q. F. Scott, O. H. Crandall, Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, and George T. Brown; 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Q. F. Scott at West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing the case of State of Mississippi V. Wilson Boykin and asking that Boykin be pardoned. O. H. Crandall, private secretary for Ames, forwarded Scott's letter to Judge George T. Brown on May 29, 1869. Included is a reply letter from George T. Brown to Mississippi Governor Ames dated June 29, 1869, in which Brown recommends denying Scott's request.

Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; April 1, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting authorization to discharge convict Thomas Washington, a Freedman.

Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; May 15, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting executive clemency for a model prisoner, William Nelson.