From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Travis Rhodes, informing Ames' office of a contract for convict labor between the Mississippi State Penitentiary and French and Jobe.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of a $50.00 reward for the capture and return of Essex Brown. Includes description of escapee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of a $50.00 reward for the capture and return of Charles Ball. Includes description of escapee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of a $50.00 reward for the capture and return of Jeff Brown. Includes description of escapee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that King Henderson escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that Samuel Hodo escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing the office of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames of the escape of Minor Robinson. Includes description of fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing the office of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames of the escape of William Johnson. Includes description of fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis of the escape of William Douglas and James Alexander from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document, containing a copy of contract for prisoner labor for O. C. French and Charles S. Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that William Caldwell escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to A. K. Davis, informing Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis that prisoners Eli Anderson and George Wardlow escaped from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a proclamation of a $50.00 reward for the arrest of John Hodges. Physical description included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a proclamation of a $50.00 reward for the arrest of Charles Crawford. Physical description included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Amite County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Robert Green, who was convicted of exhibiting a deadly weapon in a threatening manner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Copy of contract in Hinds County, Mississippi for prisoner labor for O. C. French and Charles S. Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. S. Bunyard in Grand Bluff, Texas to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking if there is a reward for a man named "Rainwater" who previously escaped from prison.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, offering $50.00 for the recapture of Charles Crawford. It includes a physical description.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, offering $50.00 for the recapture of Alexander Brooks. It includes a physical description.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, offering $50.00 for the recapture of William Carter. It includes a physical description.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, offering $50.00 for the recapture of Ike Moore. It includes a physical description.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, offering $50.00 for the recapture of Napoleon Black. Physical description included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting on the prisoner Buck Jolly. Noonan gives no recommendation for or against pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him of the escape of Aleck Wilson and James Banks.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Copy of a contract for leasing convicts to Charles S. Jobes in Jackson, Mississippi.