From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames if he can draw northern attention to land theft in Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from P. G. Edmonds Jr. in York Station (now York), Alabama to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the status of a previous petition for the pardon of Curtis Jenkins.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Green Tapley, telling Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames the names of the appointees made by a central Mississippi Republican mass meeting.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from N. B. Blackman to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, expressing his wishes for a fair election and informing him that Democrats in Jasper County, Mississippi, are confident that they will win the election by intimidation.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. P. Merrill to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for help after armed men seized his ginhouse and terrorized his family and his employees.
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. Letter from United States Attorney General Pierrepont to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, conveying United States President Ulysses S. Grant's wish that Ames exhaust all local resources before requesting more troops.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. C. Walker to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for help against raids by armed white men from Alabama allegedly killing poor African-Americans in Noxubee County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document, containing a collection of witness testimony from the murder trial of Elvin Logan.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Lowndes County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Curtis Jenkins, who was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill. (Recommendations against pardon by the district attorney and judge in the case included)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from T. J. Parker to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing indictments against John Freeman and George Robinson for murder.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Amite County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Robert Green, who was convicted of exhibiting a deadly weapon in a threatening manner.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from R. W. Flournoy to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Fred Walker, who was convicted of burglary. Also includes clipping from New York Times.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of John Forsythe, who was convicted of grand larceny. Favorable endorsements included.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from B. B. Noon to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for the pardon of Joseph S. Watkins, who pled guilty to assault and battery with intent to kill.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for the pardon of Robert Wise who was convicted of assault with intent to kill.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for the pardon of Jacob Bedford, who was convicted of stealing cattle.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from W. R. Davol to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of a breakout of nine prisoners from the jail of Warren County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Holly Springs, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for the pardon of Robert Hilliard who was convicted of burglary and grand larceny.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from C. C. Garner in Macon, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for the pardon of Doc Ellis and Abe Mitchell who were convicted of killing sow that belonged to W. D. Dobbins.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, offering $50.00 for the recapture of Napoleon Black. Physical description included.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, offering $1000.00 for the capture of the alleged murderer of R. S. Bonum and family.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames. A proclamation offering $50.00 for the recapture of Wade Sykes. Includes physical description of Sykes.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. E. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for an election for mayor of Greenville, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for the pardon of George Woodfolk who was convicted of stealing a mule.
