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 William Garland in Summit, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending Cyprus S. Simmons for treasurer of Pike 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 Mary Parish to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, asking for a pardon of Samuel Parish, convicted of attempted rape. Includes recommendation of Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from R. W. Flournoy to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Fred Walker, who was convicted of burglary. Also includes clipping from New York Times.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Breck to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, denouncing the central republican and requesting that Ames instead subscribe to the American citizen.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Henry Varnum Poor to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to send a financial report to manual railroads of the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. H. Mills to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames about the death of Sheriff James H. Sumner of Holmes County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from G. T. Ruby in New Orleans, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a copy of a newspaper published by Ruby in Texas. The newspaper was not included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. G. Wall in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that he will reply to a letter from Randolph and Company of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from L. W. S. E. Franklin in Meridian, Mississippi to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, asking for protection from the Ku Klux Klan in Lauderdale 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 A. P. Higgins to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning emigration in the area of Aberdeen, Mississippi. Document includes a newspaper clipping critical of Ames.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. V. Waddell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that the water is beginning to recede in Coahoma and Tunica Counties, 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. Letter from R. B. Avery to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, praising the Ames' stance on temperance.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter addressed "to the Editor of the Southron" criticizing the recipient for censuring Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames over his decision to grant a pardon. The letter is signed from "Veritas."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the shooting death of F. P. Hilliard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John D. Woods at Scooba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting Alcorn intervene in a situation involving the justices of the peace in an attempt to bring order to the way arrests are being made in the county. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving an executive summary of Woods'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 Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. W. C. Watson, a former Confederate senator, at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, congratulating him on being named provisional governor and asking his help in obtaining a federal amnesty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John McDonald at Philadelphia, Mississippi, to Colonel E. Surget, concerning the large number of deserters from the Confederate Army serving in the Mississippi militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Notes by Mississippi Governor Charles Clark written at Macon, Mississippi, between January 20, 1865, and February 20, 1865, concerning a proclamation convening the Mississippi Legislature to be published in Holmesville Independent Newspaper.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. B. Bacon at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking Sharkey to send important news and proclamations to the newspaper of Picayune, Mississippi, of which he is an editor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Editor B. F. Jones at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that a copy of the Internal Revenue Act be sent to him so that it can be published in the newspaper.