From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke in Greensville, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting allegations of improperly withheld funds from the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Judge J. Tarbell in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing the conditions at Alcorn University and recommending a new president be appointed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. H. Campbell in Winona, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, endorsing a voucher for the capture of Wade Sykes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. B. Nealhey to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a statement of the assets and liabilities of North Carolina.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. W. Moore in Columbus, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting to be appointed as Superintendent of Education of Lowndes County, Mississippi, at the end of the present term.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of Mississippians exempted from the amnesty proclamation of May 1865 but who were granted special presidential pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document from John J. Smith, enclosing Exhibit 7 of a case against E. O. Castello by the board of trustees of the State Hospital at Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. L. Dugan in Ripley, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning treasury matters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. E. Holman to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a new seal from the Governor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Newspaper, containing a clipping from the Daily Mississippi Pilot, April 10, 1874.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from D. N. Quinn, a sworn statement detailing misappropriation of funds. Document includes a statement from Chancellor E. Hill, vouching for the testimony.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that rumors about a previous indictment are being spread to hurt his candidacy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List, containing government expenditures from February 23 to October 2, 1874.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Board of Trustees of the State Hospital in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, report detailing the closing of the State Hospital at Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Ch. A. Sullivan to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning a bill entitled "An Act for the Relief of C. A. Sullivan", administrator of G. C. Sullivan, the recently deceased sheriff of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Sullivan attempts to address objections and concerns raised by the governor concerning the bill. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Sullivan's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to both the House of Representatives and the Senate covering numerous topics.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Copy of a letter from H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, writing on behalf of Alcorn to T. W. Williamson, concerning certain lands in Panola County, Mississippi, belonging to Williamson, which were sold to satisfy outstanding taxes owed from 1868. Included is a separate note from Hewson giving a summary of his own letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from E. P. McNeal to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending Alcorn a letter asking him to "referee" between himself and Mississippi State Auditor H. Musgrove and states that he has enclosed 3 letters of correspondence. (No other letters were enclosed)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Auditor Henry Musgrove to Mississippi Attorney General J. S. Morris, asking for clarification of Musgrove's duties and abilities to pay out expenditures approved by the Mississippi Militia commander-in-chief. On the reverse, Morris writes a reply to Musgrove. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Musgrove's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning county sheriffs who are in default on the collection of taxes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Receipt from J. M. Cunningham for payment by Mississippi Governor Charles Clark of $400.00 for land rental.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John W. Robinson and A. Virden, trustees for the Mississippi Institution for the Blind at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking an appropriation for $5,000.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Receipt from William H. Kells, showing that he received from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark a requisition for $12,500 for the benefit of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from former Mississippi State Treasurer S. L. Hussey to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the loss of his official paperwork when the United States Army captured Jackson, Mississippi. Hussey encloses financial statements of the account between the state and himself for 1859.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Report from A. J. Gillespie at the Auditor's office at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving the financial transactions of the state from November 1, 1863, to December 31, 1864.