From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Thomas to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to veto a bill relating to overflow relief.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States Commissioner of Agriculture Frederick Watts in Washington, D. C. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting information about the land that was impacted by the 1874 Mississippi River overflow.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Wyoming Governor John M. Thayer, containing a proclamation that 25 November, 1875, will be Thanksgiving in the territory of Wyoming.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Louisiana Governor William P. Kellogg, containing a proclamation that 25 November, 1875, will be Thanksgiving in the state of Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Lloyd of the Lloyd Map Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a quote for a map of the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States Senator J. L. Alcorn to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis of an investigation of the levee board being carried out by the United States Senate.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Thomas C. Sullivan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the total value of rations provided during overflow.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from William McCary to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that six hundred people are in need of relief and that there are no stores available in Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Lynch in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that the laborers that are living in the overflowed area are more in need of aid than ever before.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. B. Sullivan in Floreyville (now Rosedale), Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames that contains a bill for $34 for the shipping of relief rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from W. H. Lynch in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that six hundred people are on the verge of starvation and requesting rations for them.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from V. B. Waddell to Fred Barrett, stating that he is unaware of any aid that was given in his district of Sunflower County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Frederick Hall to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting aid for Issaquena County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from S. B. Blackwell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that a person requesting rations for the area of Mayersville, Mississippi, is corrupt. Blackwell requests the name of this person.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Sullivan in New Orleans, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking if Governor Ames intends to request more rations or if stores can be supplied to sufferers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. Hanslow to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting rations for the Pearl River Valley, where crops have been destroyed by worms.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Finnis H. Little in Aberdeen, Mississippi to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, requesting $1,000 for property damage that was caused by the Tombigbee River overflow for Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from former Florida Governor James E. Broome to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a business proposition concerning overflowing lands.