From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. R. Howe to United States Attorney General George H. Williams, containing a cover letter for a letter from the Governor who is making charges against G. W. Wells, a candidate for district attorney for northern Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from T. J. White to the Sheriff of Noxubee County, Mississippi., containing an order to seize Haywood Vance and keep him until he can be transferred to the penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. A. Orr to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for Ames' help for a deaf mute who was indicted for assault and battery with intent to murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to A. R. Howe, containing letter in opposition to the reappointment of G. Wiley Wells to an unspecified position, presumably assistant.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James D. Williford to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking if there is a reward for "Nelson" and if so to issue a requisition for his arrest to Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Sheriff of Kemper County, Mississippi, containing requisition for the arrest of Thomas Earles and his return to Tennessee to face a murder charge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter, accompanying requisition for the arrest and return of George Crutcher to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Sheriff of Washington City, Louisiana, containing requisition for the arrest of Andrew Jackson and his return to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Newspaper, containing a clipping from the Daily Mississippi Pilot, April 10, 1874.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a requisition for the arrest of John Johnson and his return to Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon for Martha Adams, convicted of grand larceny. Pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon for Jennie Coffee, who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. L. Finley to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames not to allow a report to circulate that would damage the reputation of J. D. Barton. Attached is a letter from Wily J. Cole supporting Finley's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letters between R. S. Davidson and C. N. McGill to G. G. Horton and John Stockstill, requesting remittance of forfeiture against Jim Davidson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Wily J. Cole to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that rumors of an indictment ruled against J. D. Barton are false.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that rumors about a previous indictment are being spread to hurt his candidacy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for pardon for Thomas H. Lusk and Mary E. Drummond, convicted of bigamy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor to Adelbert Ames, asking for clemency for Sam Smith, convicted of grand larceny in 1873. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon for A. P. Baird, who was convicted of grand larceny. Petition includes a recommendation from Judge Brown.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon before trial for Avent, Jones, and Woods. Included is a note from I. N. Osborn, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Amite County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the pardon of Richard Freeman, who has been accused of bigamy. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Mitchell Easley, who was convicted of murder in April 1873.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Incomplete draft of Mississippi House Bill 390, entitled "An Act to require witnesses to testify in certain cases."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Robt. J. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the killing of F. P. Hilliard, a sheriff candidate in Yazoo County, Mississippi. Included is a secretarial note giving a summary of Ross's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the controversial sheriff's election in Yazoo City, Mississippi and the subsequent murder of one of the claimants.