From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for the pardon of Louisa Hill who was convicted of attempted manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to Superintendent of the State Prison William Noonan containing the pardon of Don Smith, who was convicted of manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to Superintendent of the State Prison William Noonan, pardoning S. Richardson, who was convicted of manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to Superintendent of the State Prison William Noonan containing the pardon of Jerry Reed, who was convicted of manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Starkville, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of multiple convicts involved in the building of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, pardoning G. Smith, convicted of manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for pardon of George Stuart, convicted of murder. Pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to the Sheriff of Bolivar County, Mississippi, containing the pardon of John Williams, who was charged with manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from G. W. Haynie in Noxubee County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon of himself, who was convicted of intent to commit manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the discharge of six inmates from the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a commutation of the sentence of Henry Caffrey, convicted of manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a commutation of the sentence of Frank Harris, convicted of manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lincoln County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to intervene in the case against a man sentenced to three years of hard labor in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. A. Campbell to the Sheriff of Grenada, Mississippi, requesting a reward.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Several reports from county circuit clerks from various counties in Mississippi tabulating the number of persons, broken down by race, brought into court.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from P. B. Starke, Thos. W. Stinger, and T. J. Mitchell, members of a committee appointed to assess the affairs of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing the results of the committee's investigation into the condition of the penitentiary - including plantations leased by the penitentiary where some convicted persons, mostly African Americans, are made to perform labor - and its inmates. There are several pages of information concerning some inmates needing medical attention, some inmates whom the committee believed were improperly convicted, and recommended pardons or commutations of sentences. Appended are additional "special reports" concerning particular cases and persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List of Mississippi prisoners held in the Alabama State Penitentiary who volunteered to enter the Confederate Army. (List is the enclosed document mentioned in mdah_757-945-04-11).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Hardin, the Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning Dock Hughes, convicted of manslaughter in Attala County, Mississippi, in 1860.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Dave W. Heslep in Sunflower County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the manslaughter conviction of James Smith.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John B. Nevett in Natchez, Mississippi, requesting a pardon for Patrick Fitzgerald, an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Gallatin, Mississippi, from G. S. McMillan, requesting clemency for "Mr. Barlow," convicted of allegedly killing "Mr. Price."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Hardin at Mississippi State Penitentiary to Mrs. Dismukes stating that her husband, Jamison Dismukes, had been sentenced to 7 years.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Holly Springs, Mississippi, concerning a pardon for James Robinson, convicted of manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Canton, Mississippi, concerning a pardon for Henry Osborn, convicted of manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Holly Springs, Misssissippi, requesting a pardon for James Robinson, who allegedly killed William A. Sherman.