From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from L. G. Ryan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, inquiring about a reward for the return of Joseph Brown, wanted for murder, possibly found in Nashville, Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Phil. R. Athy to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, recommending C. T. Smith as detective in place of Patrick Connell.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. A. Orr in Macon, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a reward be offered for the arrest of the alleged murderer of Whissler.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. C. H. West in Meridian, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the arrest of Anderson Crosby, charged with murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Nesbit to Mississippi Attorney General George E. Harris, requesting reward for the capture of the alleged murderer of David Garrett. Newspaper article included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Gillespie in "Shieldsbrough" (now apart of Bay St. Louis), Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to aid in enforcing a quarantine for yellow fever in the area of Pascagoula, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. D. Jones to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Ridgley Ceylon Powers, asking for assistance in prosecuting a Ku Klux Klan case. Jones asks for three things for the Governor to help with to ensure the safety of the witnesses who are African American.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. M. Patrick to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, making his petition to have the law changed so that he can leave a subpoena at the home of a witness and levy a fine for those who fail to appear�that way he could begin to prosecute certain citizens who are "prowling about in disguise" and causing trouble in the area.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Robert L. Donnelly to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson, asking for an update on the standing of his receiving a reward for the capture of George Hanby, who was wanted in Calhoun County, Mississippi for murder. Donnelly states that he has written the Governor several times concerning the reward but has not heard back from him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff Jas. M. Burton of Lee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that a person or persons burned a Black Methodist Church in Lee County, and that a party of armed men also subsequently murdered an African American man named Gilbert Fields.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Multiple Correspondence between Arkansas Governor Clayton Powell, Arkansas Governor Clayton Powell's Private Secretary Keyes Danforth, D. C. Gordon, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson, discussing Phil Stampley, an African American fugitive from justice in Mississippi, having been accused of murder, has fled to Arkansas, where he is being held in jail at Helena, and requesting that Stampley be transferred back to Mississippi. Sheriff D. C. Gordon notes that he released the prisoner and didn't think he was guilty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mary Beckman to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning her brother William A. Moxest, whom she has not heard from since last October. She tells Alcorn that her brother now resides in Mississippi and was appointed by Alcorn as a detective. She asks Alcorn to relay a letter from her to her brother.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from James K. Mulkey to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to be appointed as a United States Steamboat Detective and offers to work without salary by financing the position with government levied fines. Mulkey explains that the ongoing negligence from steamboat workers and corruption from the inspectors is the reason for many of the steamboat disasters. He believes this can be remedied by taking up this position.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from William Morest at Grenada, Mississippi, to L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, stating what part of the state he is working in. He also states that the officials from several counties are cooperating with him in his investigation into the assassination of W. F. Brantley, mayor of Winona, Mississippi, and his tracking of fugitives who have escaped from jail in those counties. He recounts his conversation with Brantley's widow. Morest further explains his intentions to carry out the investigation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Payroll report for the Mississippi Secret Service Department, for November 1870.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from J. J. Gainey to L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, describing how he got a young Mr. Woods to confess to being a member of "the three K's" and to being involved in shooting up a widow's home, and the murder of another African American man during said incident. Gainey states that he is enclosing affidavits of witnesses to the confession. (Enclosed affidavits not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. K. Stephenson, a United States Detective at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if he should go ahead with scheduled arrests.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Peavie, the Superintendent of the Memphis, Tennessee, Metropolitan Police, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, giving notice that escaped prisoner Mike Dunn, also known as Thomas Devine, is in custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. J. Shannon at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing the murder of Jeff I. Hyde allegedly by Albert D. Lowner and a description of the fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Detective James F. Cunningham of the New Orleans, Louisiana, Metropolitan Police to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming knowledge of the whereabouts of fugitive John Anderson and offering to capture him given a travel pass and the posted reward plus expenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James Cunningham at New Orleans, Louisiana, to E. Richardson, concerning the description of and reward for three escaped convicts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. L. Morris, Sheriff of Carroll County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that Samuel C. Wilson has been taken into custody and charged with murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from N. C. Peavie, Superintendent of the Memphis, Tennessee, Metropolitan Police, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting payment of a $150.00 reward for the apprehension of alleged murderer Samuel Wilson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Lemuel L. Griffith at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting on the search for Joe Davis in Panola County, Mississippi, during which Griffith was threatened with death by armed men.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Justices Thomas P. Shackelford and Elza Jeffords of the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, providing testimony regarding the trial of Frank Wharton, a freedman, and requesting executive clemency on his behalf.