From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. N. Campbell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending interim Desoto County, Mississippi, chancery clerk J. F. Pratt be appointed permanently.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to Superintendent of the State Prison William Noonan, pardoning S. C. Shaw, who was indicted for gaming.

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 J. O. Banks to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis requesting a pardon of Calvin Harmon, convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis for supplies for the women of Issaquena County, 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 William Muller in Vicksburg, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting rations after previous letters to Judge Jeffords and Lieutenant Governor Alexander Davis have gone unanswered.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles Clark to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, stating that early estimates of the overflow were low and that water levels are rising in the area of Beulah, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Muller to Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing the Governor of the suffering along the Sunflower River. Includes head count from Captain Joel Stevens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. J. Martin to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting aid and giving a list of names of those impacted by the overflow at Carson's Landing, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James H. Hummel to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, forwarding a request for aid from Clarksville, Mississippi, in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

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. Letter from George E. Hasie to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending a new supply route after Ames is insulted by the mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Penn to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, expressing concern that landowners would not allow African American farmers to work their land but would advertise for Northern farmers to come work instead. Included is a note from one of Ames's private secretaries giving a summary of Penn's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Samuel Leyeus to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting an appointment to the Vicksburg, Mississippi, City Council.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Geo. McKee to H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, enclosing a copy of an offer by Starr and Frazier to equip the Mississippi Militia. McKee notes the information may still be of value. Included is a note from Hewson summarizing McKee's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Publication titled Salt from the Onondaga Salt Company to the editor of the New York World.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from New York and Hartford Publishing Co. to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting a written sketch of the Governor's life to be included in an upcoming publication concerning the life of Democrats in America.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William Price to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning the upcoming appointment of a Marshall for that area. Price notes the objections to one proposed nominee and support of another proposed nominee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from T. S. West to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. West writes to Alcorn to inform him of a movement within Wayne County, Mississippi, to remove A. Taylor as Deputy Sheriff and establish drinking saloons. West gives his views on this person and the efforts to have him removed. West strongly recommends against Taylor's removal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Kemp S. Holland to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to be appointed to the office of assessor of Marshall County, Mississippi. (Letters of support for Mr. Holland are attached)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Message from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to both houses of the Mississippi Legislature, suggesting a change in the Exemption Act of 1865 dealing with taxation and debt relief.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John Duncan, a trustee of the Mississippi Institution for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, containing copies of the annual report of the school's board of trustees and the annual report of the school's superintendent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from William Merrill, superintendent of the Mississippi Institution for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to John Duncan, John W. Robinson, and A. Virden, the Institution's trustees, giving his annual report. The report contains information on the school's financial condition and its impact on students, as well as updates on students' studies and health.