From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from employees of the Mississippi State Penitentiary to William Noonan for executive clemency of Louis Harris who was convicted of murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from P. G. Edmonds Jr. in York Station (now York), Alabama to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, requesting the status of a petition for the pardon of Curtis Jenkins that was sent the previous month.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, proclaiming a $50 reward for the capture and return of Charles Morris. It includes the description of the fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Franklin C. Hender in Charlotte, Michigan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting $95 for the expense of jailing Charles E. Davis, a fugitive who had since died.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of a reward for $50.00 for the return of Henry Brown, escaped from custody. Physical description included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from John Dwerles to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon of Anderson Turner, convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of a $50.00 reward for the capture and return of Essex Brown. Includes description of escapee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of a $50.00 reward for the capture and return of Charles Ball. Includes description of escapee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that King Henderson escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, of a $50.00 reward for the capture and return of Samuel Hodo, who escaped from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that Samuel Hodo escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing the office of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames of the escape of Minor Robinson. Includes description of fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis of a $50 reward for the capture and return of William Johnson. Includes description of fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis of $50 reward for the capture and return of Minor Robinson. Includes description of escapee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing the office of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames of the escape of William Johnson. Includes description of fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis of the escape of William Douglas and James Alexander from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document, containing a copy of contract for prisoner labor for O. C. French and Charles S. Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, of a $50.00 reward for the capture and return of George Wardlow, who has escaped from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that William Caldwell escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, of a $50.00 reward for the capture of William Caldwell, who escaped from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, containing a proclamation of a $50.00 reward for the arrest of Nelson Prewitt, who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

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. Proclamation from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, of a reward of $50.00 for the capture and return of Eli Anderson, who has escaped from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to A. K. Davis, informing Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis that prisoners Eli Anderson and George Wardlow escaped from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon of O. P. Owens, convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill.