From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Blain Candler in Iuka, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a reward for the capture of Samuel Hardy who was wanted for murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. J. Alexander to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a reward be offered for the capture of E. D. Martin.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from I. M. Dyer in Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for the return of two escaped criminals hiding in Alabama.