From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Norris in Baltimore, Maryland to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the proposed scales law, and asking Ames to address it with Mississippi's representatives.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. H. Rockwell in Cincinnati, Ohio to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, on behalf of the office of the lighthouse inspector requesting that Ames addresses legislature about protecting the light houses on the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Chairman F. S. Davis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for delegates to attend a railroad convention in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 19th, 1875.

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. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of a quarantine of ports on the Gulf Coast until ships from certain ports can be examined.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Duff Green to Adjutant General A. G. Packer, detailing the seizure of five cases of guns by a mob from a boat at a wharf in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John L. Beveridge to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of an Illinois general assembly resolution to solicit an appropriation from the federal government to survey the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Certified copy from Missouri Secretary of State Michael K. McGrath in Jefferson, Missouri of resolution by Missouri General Assembly to improve the mouth of the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Lloyd of the Lloyd Map Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a quote for a map of the United States.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. A. Champlin to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending P. Curtis, L. S. Davis, and James Maycock as pilot commissioners for Ship Island Pass.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. B. Sullivan in Floreyville (now Rosedale), Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames that contains a bill for $34 for the shipping of relief rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing lists of rations issued by different members of the relief committee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Duncan F. Kenner to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, acknowledging the request for rations and stating that they were shipped from New Orleans, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document from John J. Smith, enclosing Exhibit 7 of a case against E. O. Castello by the board of trustees of the State Hospital at Natchez, Mississippi.

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 H. T. Martin in Greenwood, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that no response has been received from A. T. Morgan to his request for supplies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from W. H. Noble Jr. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting more rations sent to Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Muller to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames that rations from Yazoo City, Mississippi, cannot reach sufferers in Sunflower, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George Rodgers in Chicago, Illinois to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, including a business proposal for plantations worked by Chinese laborers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, listing overflow sufferers along Deer Creek in Issaquena County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that residents of New Town, Mississippi, will starve without immediate assistance.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Jeffords to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the distribution of rations in Issaquena County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from G. M. Raymond to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting additional supplies to Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from B. A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that supplies were received and detailing their distribution.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing rations received and their distribution in Washington County, Mississippi.