From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Roster from First Lieutenant Ira Quinby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of the 24th United States Infantry listing Lieutenant Colonel Adelbert Ames as Provisional Governor of Mississippi

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Military Superintendent Lieutenant John R. Hynes in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning financial statements of the Mississippi State Penitentiary.