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 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 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 three hundred citizens of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, warning Ames that if protection is not provided for African American voters in Warren County, Mississippi, then they will not vote.