From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mrs. McDonough to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, from the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Indianapolis, praising Governor Ames for vetoing a bill to repeal a prohibition law.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Chief Clerk Henry S. Babins to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a statement of the assets and liabilities of the state of Ohio.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George Steward at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a pardon for himself for a murder conviction.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from South Carolina Comptroller General S. L. Hoge in Columbia, South Carolina to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a statement of the assets and liabilities of the state of South Carolina.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, a petition for pardon for Wash Bell, convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the discharge of six inmates from the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon for Jennie Coffee, who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to Mississippi State Senate, recommending more manufacturing facilities at the Mississippi State Penitentiary to make it a source of revenue.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Ben Morowe to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. W. Loomis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing the Governor of the escape of Jake Traywick.

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 Sarah Brady, writing on behalf of her brother Frank Brady, who is imprisoned in Jackson under the name of John McKay, and claims that he is imprisoned for a crime that he is not guilty of. She explains how her brother came to get arrested for unknowingly transporting stolen goods. Ms. Brady is requesting a pardon for her brother so that he can come home and help support his widow mother.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. B. Davis to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending Alcorn a copy of an indictment from the Grand Jury of Grenada County, Mississippi, against Adolphus Ruoff and Kate Ruoff for the crime of larceny. Davis informs Alcorn that Kate Ruoff is out on bond and Adolphus escaped to Kent County, Michigan, and has been arrested in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is requesting that Alcorn make a request for the return of Adolphus Ruoff.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Anderson Rutland to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recounting the events of how he was first imprisoned during the Civil War for horse theft and how he came to be released, only to be rearrested. He is asking Alcorn to review his case to see if his second arrest was legal in hopes that Alcorn would order his release.

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. Damaged letter from Judge W. W. Chisolm to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking Alcorn to release R. H. Breckinridge from prison after having been convicted of the murder of Dr. Burton in Meridian, Mississippi. The letter includes notes from F. M. Poole, clerk of the circuit court of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, and L. H. Hampton, both of who sign their support for Chisolm's request.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mrs. P. Cates in Washington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking Alcorn to use his powers to release from prison her husband, James Cates, a former military man who was wounded during his service. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Cates's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, by order of the United States Secretary of War, stating that Private J. M. Morgan of the 1st Mississippi Rifles will be released from confinement at the Gratiot Street Prison in Saint Louis, Missouri, and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending A. G. Mayers for appointment as a commissioner to visit and provide relief to Mississippi soldiers held in prisoner of war camps.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending James R. Bowles be appointed a commissioner to visit prisoner of war camps in where Mississippians were being held.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. W. Philips at Hickory, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, urging Clark to continue waging war against the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Affidavit and appeal from Lucinda Cantrill and Mary Jane Smyth, arrested for burglary and larceny, at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, stating under oath that they are not guilty and asking that they be released from jail in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The affidavit is sworn before and witnessed by Stephen A. Brown, probate judge and justice of the peace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending James Stewart as a commissioner to distribute funds to Mississippi soldiers held as prisoners of war by the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending Captain W. H. Vasser as a commissioner to distribute funds to Mississippi soldiers held as prisoners of war by the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. L. Griffin and members of the Mississippi Senate at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending J. Thompson for commissioner for the relief of Mississippi soldiers held as prisoners of war.