From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from the Grand Jury of Hinds County, Mississippi, containing a report of the grand jury stating that murders were committed but witnesses could not be found to identify murderers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to Travis Rhodes, detailing Democrat efforts to intimidate and suppress African American votes in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from W. M. Calcote to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a sworn affidavit detailing the incident of him being threatened by armed white men and his subsequent escape.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. M. Williams to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, telling him about the political violence happening in Lee County, Mississippi. He says that Republicans are being forced to become Democrats under the threat of being beaten and killed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles Calowell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that Democrats are not adhering to the peace agreement.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him of the dire situation in Monroe County, Mississippi, due to the Democrats being in possession of a cannon and many guns.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Major Whitfield to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him about the violence and voter intimidation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John E. Meek to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that Democrats intend to carry out the election by force.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Draft of a letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to United States Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont, assuring that free elections can be held in the aftermath of the Clinton, Mississippi, riots.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Wade Walker to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing his escape from armed men who came to his house near Clinton, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. W. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him of the dire situation in Monroe County, Mississippi, due to the Democrats being in possession of a cannon and many guns.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Henry B. Whitfield to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking what can be done to protect the election from disruptions in Noxubee County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. P. Merrill to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for help after armed men seized his ginhouse and terrorized his family and his employees.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Cauley to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking if there will be protection for African American voters against voter intimidation in De Soto County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. Parker of Amite County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to mobilize a militia under the command of H. P. Hurst in Amite County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. Parker in Liberty, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing armed men stopping Republicans from gathering to appoint Amite County, Mississippi, officials.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor J. T. Sparrow of Edwards, Mississippi to Travis Rhodes, acknowledging the receipt of a letter ordering Sparrow to arrest anyone in Edwards, who participated in the Clinton, Mississippi, riots.

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.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Henry Mayson in Terry, Mississippi, reporting movement of a large group of armed white men in Copiah County, Mississippi, after riots in Clinton, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from I. M. Childs in Terry, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging request to prosecute parties involved in "disturbances" in Hinds County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, warning that the local "white league" in Warren County, Mississippi, intended to disrupt the election with violence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William A. Alcorn, Sheriff of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, in Charleston, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting help from Ames to keep the peace after racial violence erupted during voting registration.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. P. Matthews to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, including transcript of four statements detailing armed mobs of white men in Copiah County, Mississippi, who are threatening Republicans and the African American population.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. C. Walker to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for help against raids by armed white men from Alabama allegedly killing poor African-Americans in Noxubee County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Peter Crosby in Vicksburg, Mississippi to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, describing a violent riot that occurred in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 4, resulting in multiple deaths.