From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. C. Love to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as the surveyor of Madison County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Manahan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, disputing previous reason given for Manahan's removal as postmaster.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. H. Tuttle to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as the representative of Carroll County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Legislature.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for the pardon of Louisa Hill who was convicted of attempted manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Peter Crosby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that he cannot retain the office of sheriff of Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. W. Brownlee in Tunica County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a former Confederate guerilla.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating Mr. Barton has no knowledge of the Bickerstaff case.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. C. H. West in Meridian, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the arrest of Anderson Crosby, charged with murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Ewing Cowan in Shieldsborough, Mississippi (now Bay St. Louis, Mississippi) to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that Cowan has not been able to acquire a property.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from F. Heiderhoff in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that a letter intended for him had been put in the wrong envelope and not received.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. T. Martin in Greenwood, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning Republican campaigning for the senatorial election in Leflore County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. W. Little in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the ruling in the case of William Smith v. the State of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from U. Ozanne in Sardis, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending two candidates for appointment to chancery clerk of Panola County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from J. M. Parham in Columbus, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a remission of the fine for J. M. Parham.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from T. H. Whipple in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, inviting Ames to meet with the Board of Directors of the Lunatic Asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Barksdale in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to postpone a special election in Columbus, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. F. H. Claiborne to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to intervene in the trial concerning a duel in Hancock County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Penn to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting assistance for the intolerable conditions for African American Mississippians near Aberdeen, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. H. Ramsay in Scranton, Mississippi (now Pascagoula, Mississippi) to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a description of two murder suspects and a request for a reward to be offered.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John P. Gilmer in DeKalb, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting information about collecting a reward offered for the arrest of a suspect.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. H. Hicks in Fayette, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the local sheriff be given the powers of a United States marshall to apprehend a group of arsonists.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Woodruff in Vicksburg, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, introducing Herman Denis.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. W. Little in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that the Mississippi Supreme Court dismissed a writ of error sued out by John R. Clark.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Copy of a proclamation by Nebraska Governor Robert W. Furnas in Lincoln, Mississippi, declaring Thanksgiving on November 26.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. S. Cassedy in Meadville, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to call a special election to fill a vacant state representative seat.