From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. S. Campbell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging appointment of General A. M. West as the Mississippi representative to the Centennial Exhibition.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States Secretary of State Hamilton Fish to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, enclosing M. Edwards' letter declining the position of the representative of Mississippi at the Centennial Exhibition.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. Edwards to United States President Ulysses S. Grant, declining the appointment as representative of Mississippi at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. Edwards to United States Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, declining the appointment as representative of Mississippi at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William G. Neilson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting any reports on Mississippi geology for the centennial exposition in Philadelphia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. Gleed in Columbus, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as a member of the Centennial Board.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. M. Philips to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting funds to gather statistics and facts for Mississippi's presentation at the Centennial.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. C. French to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a commission for alternate commissioner of the Centennial Committee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Alfred T. Goshorn to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, giving suggestions for Mississippi's display at the 1876 Philadelphia World's Fair.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John Williams to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting B. S. Ricks and H. C. Tupper be appointed to the centennial board.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Robert Tyler to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that Tyler was appointed agent of the Centennial Commission to Mississippi and other states.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from W. F. Prosser and others, containing an extract from the minutes of the state commission of Tennessee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. W. Philips to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking suggestions to make sure Mississippi is well represented at the national centennial.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from O. C. French to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, withdrawing resignation as centennial commissioner for the state of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles B. Morton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting two copies of the Governor's last message. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries, giving a summary of Morton's letter.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Executive document from Pennsylvania Governor John W. Geary to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating a joint resolution passed in the state of Pennsylvania concerning the centennial celebration of the United States of America. The item also lists the Pennsylvania delegates to the celebration committee.
