From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to Thomas Durant and Roger Pryor, informing them that Ames intended to resign after the election but decided not to after his impeachment was initiated.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. A. Sullivan, containing an affidavit swearing that Ames did not compel Sullivan to oppose election legislation by appointing him chancellor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from J. W. Pierson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon of Tobe Brown, convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. R. Perry, containing a statement given by Perry detailing attempt by Democrats in Hinds County, Mississippi, to take election by force.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James W. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the rise of political violence in Monroe County, Mississippi, leading up to the election.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from F. J. Jones, containing a statement given by Jones claiming John Lee attempted to disrupt his duties as election supervisor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. B Deason, containing a transcript of a sworn statement given by Deason concerning his resignation as District Attorney and appointment as chancellor.

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. Letter from James R. Cavett to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing attempts to settle dispute between Noxubee County, Mississippi, supervisors and Sheriff W. M. Conner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames if he can draw northern attention to land theft in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Kay to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that the Republican caucus of the state legislature endorses him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George E. Harris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the validity of Judge E. S. Fisher, who was appointed prior to current state laws.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. K. Davis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, proposing measures to address the improprieties of the November election to the United States Senate.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. Parker in Jackson, Mississippi to United States Senator Blanche K. Bruce, detailing voter fraud and intimidation by Democrats in Amite County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mark Joseph in Madison County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing a shooting into a prominent Republican's house and stating that the police are too afraid to pursue the shooter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Covington County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Handy Norwood who was convicted of assault with intent to kill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Joshua W. Bowing in Vicksburg, Mississippi, containing an excerpt from the minutes of the Warren County, Mississippi, board of supervisors regarding special election for the sheriff and tax collector.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of State James Hill in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a list of state expenditures for the year 1875.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. M. Ross to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the appointment of I. N. Whitesides to the vacant office of Mayor in Rienzi, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Lindsey to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for help and advice because the African American population in Montgomery County, Mississippi, are worried that they will be enslaved again if the Democrats come to power.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. Foote in Hinds County, Mississippi to A. R. Johnston, asking Johnston to recommend Foote to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for an appointment as justice of the peace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Isaac Jones to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, telling Ames that Jones was forced to sign the Columbus, Mississippi, election returns by threat of violence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of War William W. Belknap in Washington D. C. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the names of the representatives to the 44th Congress from Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, relaying information that the registrar of Port Gibson, Mississippi, threatened a man named Smith.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Green Tapley, telling Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames the names of the appointees made by a central Mississippi Republican mass meeting.