From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commuting the sentence of Milton Willis who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of election for a new State Treasurer after the death of George H. Holland.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from D. C. Beauchamp to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking to be appointed as tax collector to dispel any rumors of embezzlement.

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. Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, containing a proclamation of a $50.00 reward for the arrest of Nelson Prewitt, who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. R. Smith to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking the status of a previous petition.

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. Proclamation from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, announcing the pardon of anyone convicted of a criminal offense while under orders of the Confederate government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Victor Benthien to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting Benthien be appointed agent of state revenue.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General George E. Harris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames that the Sheriff of Grenada, Mississippi, forfeited his office by failing to give bond as tax collector.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. C. Huggins in Greenville, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting an appointment as commissioner to investigate liquor licenses for Issaquena County, Mississippi, and Washington County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi to Mississippi Attorney General George E. Harris, asking if there is a vacancy for the office of tax collector in Grenada, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon of Lewis Mansley and Lizzie Kendrick, convicted of criminal marriage (stepfather and stepdaughter).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document from the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, enclosing a commutation of sentence for Robert Taylor, who was convicted of larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mrs. McDonough to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, from the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Indianapolis, praising Governor Ames for vetoing a bill to repeal a prohibition law.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George B. Vasher to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging Ames' orders to take control of Alcorn University until a new board takes control.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Attorney General George E. Harris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that J. D. Shaded is not eligible for office of city judge of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from A. C. Steed to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the remission of a bond against Steed in the case of Peter A. Pons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John L. Beveridge to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of an Illinois general assembly resolution to solicit an appropriation from the federal government to survey the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from G. E. Harris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, giving the official opinion of the Attorney General's office of "an act to provide for the collection of revenue improperly withheld from the state and county."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Breck to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, denouncing the central republican and requesting that Ames instead subscribe to the American citizen.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. H. M. Michaels to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the collection of revenue improperly withheld from the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Clarence Cullers to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting payment of the reward that was offered for G. A. Barret.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Clay County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of James Fox and Adam Gibson, who was charged with helping a jail escapee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton in Saltillo, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to appoint B. F. Barton as bailiff of District Two of Lee County, Mississippi.