From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Norris in Baltimore, Maryland to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the proposed scales law, and asking Ames to address it with Mississippi's representatives.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from T. Jeffrey Stevens to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting Governor Ames autograph.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document containing a contract between the Mississippi State Penitentiary and the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road to supply inmates for labor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Printed circular from C. N. Wilson to the people of Layette County, Mississippi entitled A Plain Talk and a Few Truths.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from C. A. Johnston to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking that Alcorn appoint him to represent the State at the next stockholders meeting of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Edward Hazlewood in London, England, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning a bond issue that the state of Mississippi refuses to honor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Natchez, Mississippi, concerning bank note paper being shipped to Jackson, Mississippi, for use in making state cotton notes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. Boyd Sheddan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting an appointment as commissioner of deeds for Mississippi in New York City, New York.