From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Amite County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the pardon of Richard Freeman, who has been accused of bigamy. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the pardon of William J. B. Ellington.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. S. Morris at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting executive clemency for Samuel Hughes, a freedman convicted of rape.