From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter containing a newspaper clipping of an opinion of the Mississippi State Attorney General George E. Harris about whether or not Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames has the right to appoint a Lieutenant Governor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Fred Parsons and several others to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon of Alexander Smith, convicted of rape. Includes endorsement by the Superintendent of the Penitentiary, William Noonan.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John W. Robinson, detailing documents given to the Senate investigative committee and requesting copies, and discussing testimony of William B. Taylor. Testimony not included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from T. J. Reed to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing dispute between Sheriff Connor and Noxubee County, Mississippi, supervisors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. McAulliff in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing voter intimidation by Dixon's Scouts prior to the election in Yazoo City, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Clinton, Mississippi to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, for G. M. Lewis to be justice of the peace for Beat 1 of Hinds County, Mississippi.

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. L. Jarnigan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that a grand jury has returned two indictments against W. M. Connor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Richard F. Harrison to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting that he be appointed as a representative to an unspecified convention in St. Louis, Missouri. (Includes J. Z. George's rejection of Harrison's appointment.)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Lee County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Eli Henderson, who was convicted of unlawful cohabitation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. L. Evans to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing an unfavorable report of Dr. C. H. Thompson from the Alcorn University investigative committee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing movements of armed "white leagues" and their participation in racial violence.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Isham Stewart to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, writing in support of Sheriff Connor of Noxubee County, Mississippi, against the county treasurer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of a quarantine of ports on the Gulf Coast until ships from certain ports can be examined.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon of Charles Morris, convicted of burglary. Includes judge's endorsement.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Hinds County, Mississippi to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, asking for the pardon of Bofs Celardy, who was convicted of murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. A. Rice in Noxubee County, Mississippi to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, asking for the pardon of Ned Johnson, who was convicted of fraud larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from the Ku Klux Klan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, threatening Ames and claiming to be determined to remove "scalawags" from Claiborne County, Mississippi. Copy included in Ku Klux Klan subject file.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Henry Jones to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, protesting the petitioned pardon of John Davis Jr., and claimingthat Jones' signature was forged on Davis' petition for pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, remitting the fine of Jesse Bryant, Thomas Biglane, and Ephraim Magee, who were convicted of unlawful appropriation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Financial statement of Noxubee County, Mississippi, for the year 1874.

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. Sworn statement from Alfred Moses to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing being wounded at the barbecue in Clinton, Mississippi, that was the inciting incident of the riot.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him of a meeting that was led by Dr. Moore in Yazoo City, Mississippi, and the resolution to resist any militia. A second letter from Morgan is attached, stating that justice of the peace M. A. Harris has been driven from the city and seeks protection.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Robert Tyler to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that Tyler was appointed agent of the Centennial Commission to Mississippi and other states.