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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 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 Josiah Jones to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 17, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Josiah Jones at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting that Ames pursue an extradition of Church A. Williamson from Sumter County, Alabama, for alleged assault with intent to kill.

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 Lieutenant John R. Hynes to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 20, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from First Lieutenant John R. Hynes, Military Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, testifying to the good conduct of James Clay Potts, a convict imprisoned for grand larceny.

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 to Assistant Attorney R. V. Booth; June 25, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, to R. V. Booth, Assistant Attorney of the Third Judicial District at Vicksburg, Mississippi, regarding a requisition to the governor of Louisiana for prisoner Frank Robert, under indictment by the Warren County, Mississippi, Circuit Court for grand larceny.

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 R. V. Booth to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; June 22, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. V. Booth at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, sending notice that defendant Frank Talbert, indicted in Warren County, Mississippi, is now in custody in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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 Sheriff Joseph McCloy to General James Biddle; July 31, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff Joseph McCloy of Hinds County, Mississippi, to General James Biddle, regarding the murder of Medora Carr, an African-American girl, allegedly by Marsh Davis. McCloy describes the results of an inquest by a coroner's jury and requests a cavalry detachment be sent to capture Davis. The letter was forwarded to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames who directed the Mississippi Secretary of State to issue a reward of $250 for Davis' capture.

Letter from Simon M. Preston to General N. A. M. Dudley; July 20, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from S. M. Preston, former colonel of the 58th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, at Natchez, Mississippi, to General N. A. M. Dudley, introducing Israel Etta, a former corporal in Preston's regiment, who desires to testify about disturbances of the peace in Washington, Mississippi. The letter is endorsed by George Hussey.

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.

Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; April 10, 1869

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, offering fifty dollars for the capture of escaped convicts Thomas Lee, Jerry Wyatt, Rafe Phillips, Alex Walker, and Moses Cohen. The proclamation includes physical descriptions of each man.

Deposition from Justice of the Peace William Hood to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 28, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Deposition from Justice of the Peace William Hood of Davis County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a sworn statement from T. W. Cranford, a witness to the murder of G. W. Patton allegedly by Jack Owens.

Deposition from Nick Christian; September 27, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Deposition from Nick Christian providing physical descriptions of Ross B. and H. Clay Smith and reward for their capture.

Extract from Lieutenant John R. Hynes to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 4, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Extract from the register of the Mississippi State Penitentiary sent by Military Superintendent First Lieutenant John R. Hynes to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, regarding convict Joe Lewis.

Letter from Albert G. Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 3, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from former Mississippi Governor Albert G. Brown at Terry, Hinds County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning clemency for freedman Joshua Sanders.

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 Dobson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 28, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George Dobson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing the arrest, delivery, and custody of Miles Gibbon for the murder of Captain William Estelle and claim for reward. Attached is a clipping of the published March 1868 proclamation by then-Mississippi Governor Benjamin G. Humphreys offering a reward of $500 for Gibbon's arrest.

Letter from James S. Winn to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 5, 1868

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James S. Winn to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing testimony concerning the murder of William Estelle by Miles Gibbons. On the reverse, clerk L. A. Lindsey records sworn statements regarding the veracity of Winn's claims.

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.