From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the shooting death of F. P. Hilliard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Albert Snowden to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the Meridian Riot and Board of Aldermen. Snowden notes that there is racial tension.