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 New York Governor John A. Dix in Albany, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a statement of the assets and liabilities of the state of New York.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Gillespie in "Shieldsbrough" (now apart of Bay St. Louis), Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to aid in enforcing a quarantine for yellow fever in the area of Pascagoula, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Board of Trustees of the State Hospital in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, report detailing the closing of the State Hospital at Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Efn Smith to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's Private Secretary H. F. Hewson, asking for advice on how to proceed concerning the payment of certain accounts itemized on a schedule report given to the Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from P. B. Starke, Thos. W. Stinger, and T. J. Mitchell, members of a committee appointed to assess the affairs of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing the results of the committee's investigation into the condition of the penitentiary - including plantations leased by the penitentiary where some convicted persons, mostly African Americans, are made to perform labor - and its inmates. There are several pages of information concerning some inmates needing medical attention, some inmates whom the committee believed were improperly convicted, and recommended pardons or commutations of sentences. Appended are additional "special reports" concerning particular cases and persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John R. Hicks M. D. to Henry Herron, requesting that Herron speak to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to get his approval to move forward with building a brick ward to accommodate the female patients at the hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas Palmer to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for the consideration of the Governor to appoint Palmer's son to the position of assistant physician at the asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Dr. John R. Hicks to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating recommendations for persons worthy of being appointed to the Board of Trustees of the State Hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Incomplete letter from John R. Hicks, hospital physician at the city hospital of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, introducing A. Werner (possibly Adolph Werner, who is shown as a druggist on the 1870 census) to the governor in support of Werner's being appointed as the druggist of the city hospital. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Hicks's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John R. Hicks, hospital physician at the city hospital of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that D. A. Lehuse (spelling is probably wrong) had been selected by the Vicksburg Board of Alderman as the superintendent of the city hospital. Hicks also makes his case that he did not need the assistance of this person's office. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Hicks's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Requisition from E. Smith, superintendent of the State Asylum at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting funding needed for the asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. The Tenth Annual Report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum by Superintendent Robert Kells.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Stephen D. Hunter of the 19th Mississippi Infantry be exempted from military duty to take his post as county tax assessor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from S. J. Terry, Assistant Surgeon of Perrin's regiment of Mississippi Cavalry at Mount Milling, South Carolina, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for an exemption from military service because of poor health.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Report from A. J. Gillespie at the Auditor's office at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving the financial transactions of the state from November 1, 1863, to December 31, 1864.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Geologist E. W. Hilgard at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on the work of the state geological survey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from L. Julienne at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving an account of the recent United States Army operation in Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from D. A. Kinchloe, chief surgeon of Confederate Major General James P. Anderson's division hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the organization of aid societies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from C. G. Dahlgren, president of the Mississippi Relief Association, at Atlanta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, requesting supplies and money from the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from E. M. Blackburn, a member of the Mississippi Relief Association at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting aid for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers at Atlanta, Georgia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Doctor W. R. Chew at Atlanta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking state support for his aid society, which is helping wounded and sick Mississippi Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert Kells, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking permission to trade cotton to the United States for supplies needed by his patients.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Receipt from Charles K. Marshall at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, for $15,000 received from the state for use in hospitals for soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of a surgeon of the 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for use by nurses and patients at the post hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain Samuel A. Reed, by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.