From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from three hundred citizens of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, warning Ames that if protection is not provided for African American voters in Warren County, Mississippi, then they will not vote.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from G. W. Hoskins to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, requesting a leave of absence as mayor of Brookhaven, Mississippi, for one month.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. B. Bridges in Mayhew, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as alderman of Mayhew, and recommending W. V. Connell as his successor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi E. V. Early to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames of the escape of convicts in the area of Meridian.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Colfax County, Mississippi, now Clay County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Silas Murrah, who was convicted of unlawfully working an animal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John Collins to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as mayor and ex officio of French Camp, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from from George G. Dillard to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, requesting reward and requisition to retrieve Joseph Eskridge from Dallas, Texas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles N. Harris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, a letter of resignation as the Mayor of Beauregard, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. H. Pierce to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, requesting rations for sufferers along the Tombigbee River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Erving Cowan in Bay St. Louis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, telling Governor Ames that Mr. Cowan applied for an inspectorship in the customs house.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Muller to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames that rations from Yazoo City, Mississippi, cannot reach sufferers in Sunflower, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, listing overflow sufferers along Deer Creek in Issaquena County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that residents of New Town, Mississippi, will starve without immediate assistance.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor B. A. Lee of Vicksburg, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, listing supplies received and their distribution in Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from B. A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that supplies were received and detailing their distribution.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Henry C. Griffin to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing the Governor that supplies arrived in wrong place and could not be distributed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to B. A. Lee from W. B. Lewis, George W. Boyd and Abraham Latham, confirming receipt of supplies and requesting more. Note included that the letter was forwarded to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames that supplies were received from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and thanking Ames for his help.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon for Joseph M. Wilson, who was convicted of forgery. Recommendation against pardon from the District Attorney is included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Henry C. Griffin to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, declining membership on the relief committee because rations were not shipped to Natchez, Mississippi, as requested.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon for Wesley Smith, who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that reports of needed aid are exaggerated in Yazoo City, Mississippi, for political reasons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, accepting an appointment as member of relief committee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to General A. G. Packer, asking Packer to telegraph A. R. Howe about federal aid for overflow victims.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a summary of a citizens' meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi, concerning the overflow of the Mississippi River.