From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Colonel Samuel Thomas of the Freedmen's Bureau to General H. W. Slocum, commander of the department of Mississippi, concerning the case of J. D. Collier, whose lease of an abandoned land is being challenged by the previous owner. (Document is related to mdah_776-960-01-09.)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from three hundred citizens of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, warning Ames that if protection is not provided for African American voters in Warren County, Mississippi, then they will not vote.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from O. S. Lee and A. G. Packer to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames. Copies of two letters concerning the violence in Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames. A proclamation and command to the "riotous and disorderly persons" in Warren County, Mississippi, to disperse. (Newspaper Clipping included)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, a proclamation and command to the "riotous and disorderly persons" in Warren County, Mississippi, to disperse.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a handwritten draft of the December 4, 1874 proclamation against rioters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for the pardon of Louisa Hill who was convicted of attempted manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames. A handwritten draft of the December 4 proclamation against rioters. (Includes printed copy of the proclamation)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. W. Brownlee in Tunica County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a former Confederate guerilla.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Ewing Cowan in Shieldsborough, Mississippi (now Bay St. Louis, Mississippi) to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that Cowan has not been able to acquire a property.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Penn to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting assistance for the intolerable conditions for African American Mississippians near Aberdeen, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. H. Ramsay in Scranton, Mississippi (now Pascagoula, Mississippi) to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a description of two murder suspects and a request for a reward to be offered.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the escape of prisoner William Wilson while under contract to Powers and Jones.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Nesbit to Mississippi Attorney General George E. Harris, requesting reward for the capture of the alleged murderer of David Garrett. Newspaper article included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Lamar and Mayes in Oxford, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of Ned Spearman, convicted of malicious mischief.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of Nero Wilson, convicted of receiving stolen goods. Pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from T. M. Harris to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, requesting the remission of forfeiture in the case of twenty-three African American men in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from C. H. Campbell to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis for remission of forfeiture of bond in the case of Paul Eckford.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for remission of forfeitures against securities of Mongo Bogard and Franci Leake. Remission included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Lucinda Brookshire and others to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, for pardon of Henry Herron, who was convicted of bigamy. Pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from T. M. Harris in Ashland, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the remittance of forfeiture against twenty-three bondsmen of Paul Eckford.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Warren County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for remission of bond for sureties of William Johnson, who died in custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames of the escape of three prisoners from the area of Starkville, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi E. V. Early to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames of the escape of convicts in the area of Meridian.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from L. W. S. E. Franklin in Meridian, Mississippi to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, asking for protection from the Ku Klux Klan in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.