From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from D. W. Patterson in Harrison Station, Tallahatchie county, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as the Marshall of Harrison.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Major Whitfield to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him about the violence and voter intimidation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. Cassidy in Liberty, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that armed incursions are feared from across the Louisiana border.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. P. Matthews to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, including transcript of four statements detailing armed mobs of white men in Copiah County, Mississippi, who are threatening Republicans and the African American population.

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 Clarke Lewis to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, recommending H. A. Rice as magistrate of Beat 1 in Noxubee County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending A. A. Shattuck as sheriff and tax collector of Colfax (now Clay) County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon of Charles Miller, who pled guilty to grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Sardis, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the commutation of sentence of Reuben Tate, who was convicted of murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Clay County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of James Fox and Adam Gibson, who was charged with helping a jail escapee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Printed account of the forced removal of illegitimate legislators from the Louisiana House of Representatives by federal troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Holly Springs, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for the pardon of Robert Hilliard who was convicted of burglary and grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from William M. Pollan at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, stating that he and others are not trying to keep a secret organization but that they wish to replace some disloyal office holders in Choctaw County, Mississippi. Attached is a petition from the clerk of the probate court of the county, listing the positions Pollan and his associates wish to replace.

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 Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Copiah County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of Emanuel Selman, convicted of attempted rape. Endorsements and pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Ewring Cowan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting a duel at Montgomery Station (currently Waveland). The duelling part from New Orleans, Louisiana, has been taken into custody.

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 Ames Collection. Petition from the citizens of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to leave the murder case of Morgan and Hilliard to the courts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Indictment of H. W. Shaw by the grand jury of Monroe County, Mississippi, for assault and battery with the intent to murder. This indictment bill is written by J. A. Blair, district attorney.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John O. Quin to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing requisition from Louisiana for the arrest and delivery of two fugitives.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing that L. C. Baugh has declined the appointment to the office of Marshal of Nesbitt, Mississippi, in DeSoto County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. Devi to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking Alcorn to send United States Army troops to Lee County, Mississippi, to help with a rash of crimes against African Americans in the county. Devi notes that parties have burned a Black church to the ground, shot another man at his own home, and whipped several other people, yet the local authorities have done nothing to help out of fear.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Mississippi Secretary of the Senate Murray Peyton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, of county officers whom have been confirmed by the Senate from Yalobusha, Tallahatchie, Carroll, Madison, Perry, Coahoma, and Attala Counties, Mississippi.