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Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 24, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing movements of armed "white leagues" and their participation in racial violence.
Letter from J. B. Nealhey to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 22, 1874
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. B. Nealhey to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a statement of the assets and liabilities of North Carolina.
Letter from United States Senator J. L. Alcorn to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis; December 17, 1874
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States Senator J. L. Alcorn to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis of an investigation of the levee board being carried out by the United States Senate.
Letter from M. W. Moore to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; November 23, 1874
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. W. Moore in Columbus, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting to be appointed as Superintendent of Education of Lowndes County, Mississippi, at the end of the present term.
Letter from F. Heiderhoff to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 12, 1874
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from F. Heiderhoff in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that the sheriff of Hancock County, Mississippi, is neglecting his duties as tax collector.
Legal document from John J. Smith; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document from John J. Smith, enclosing Exhibit 7 of a case against E. O. Castello by the board of trustees of the State Hospital at Natchez, Mississippi.
Letter from W. S. G. Walker to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 1, 1874
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. S. G. Walker in Canton, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a business proposition concerning a silica deposit in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
Letter from James S. Johnston to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; June 25, 1874
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James S. Johnston in Jefferson County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the applications for tax exemption of churches.
Legal Document from H. B. Whitfield to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis; June 26, 1874
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from H. B. Whitfield to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, containing the details of the compromise in the settlement payments for E. A. J. M. McHenry, who was the former Sheriff of Noxubee County, Mississippi.
Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; April 29, 1874
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a summary of a citizens' meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi, concerning the overflow of the Mississippi River.
Petition from the citizens of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from the citizens of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to leave the murder case of Morgan and Hilliard to the courts.
Letter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; February 12, 1874
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.
Letter from William Price to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; March 22, 1871
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William Price to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, addressing rumors that there may be persons from outside of the state trying to have him removed from his office.
Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi; January 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).
Message from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to Mississippi Legislature; July 16, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Message from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to both houses of the Mississippi Legislature, suggesting a change in the Exemption Act of 1865 dealing with taxation and debt relief.
Letter from E. S. Fisher to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 14, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from E. S. Fisher at Long Beach, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the seizure of private property by the Confederate government without compensation.
Letter from E. S. Fisher to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 22, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from E. S. Fisher at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the pardon application of M. Phelan, whom Fisher calls a "good man" with a family of daughters to support.
Letter from Major B. B. Moore to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 15, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. B. Moore, a Major in the state militia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, stating his unit should be incorporated into the Confederate Army.
Letter from Mayor Daniel M. Fox to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; November 27, 1869
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor Daniel M. Fox of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, endorsing Henry Phillips Jr. for appointment as Commissioner of Deeds.
Letter from George M. Whiting to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 3, 1868
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George M. Whiting at Raleigh, North Carolina, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting consideration of appointment as Commissioner of Deeds.