From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. H. Rockwell in Cincinnati, Ohio to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, on behalf of the office of the lighthouse inspector requesting that Ames addresses legislature about protecting the light houses on the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Isaac Jones to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, telling Ames that Jones was forced to sign the Columbus, Mississippi, election returns by threat of violence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John Adams to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the bands of armed white men terrorizing African-Americans of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and warning Ames that threats have been made on his life.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William M. Hancock to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending no pardon for Rufus Yates whose petition for pardon was made to Ames.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames that no George Hendricks is at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Hendricks' petition for pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of Burrell Anderson who was convicted of shooting with intent to kill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis for the pardon of Henry Ford who was convicted of "going into a dwelling house for some unknown purpose at night".

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Clarke County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon of Isam Cooley and Alfred Hauzer, convicted of trespassing on railroad property.