From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Sheriff of Copiah County, Mississippi, containing a requisition for the capture and return of Campbell McIntosh to Tennessee to face charges of horse stealing.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames. A requisition for the capture and return of Thomas Mauderson to Alabama to face charges of assault with intent to murder.

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 R. C. H. West in Meridian, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the arrest of Anderson Crosby, charged with murder.

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 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. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the escape of prisoner Henry Porter in Rankin County, Mississippi.

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. Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to Superintendent of the State Prison William Noonan, a requisition for the capture and return of T. H. Price and J. T. Price to Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Alexander Phillips to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, acting Governor of Mississippi, to help Kavanaugh Kennedy with legal trouble resulting from an altercation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis for pardon of Kavanaugh Kennedy, charged with assault with attempt to kill. Pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to the Sheriff of Monroe County, Mississippi, asking requisition for the capture and return of James L. Romney to Alabama to face charges of assault with intent to murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Starkville, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of multiple convicts involved in the building of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from S. J. Feemster in Columbus, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a reward offered for the capture of Thomas Barrantine and Wallace Dowsing.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Washington County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for remission of fine for B. A. Offutt in the case of Robert Hite.

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 Ames of the escape of a prisoner under contract near Starkville, Mississippi.

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 Henry B. Whitfield in Columbus, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, giving descriptions of two murder suspects and asking for a reward for their capture.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff of Hernando, Mississippi J. J. Evans to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting that a reward be offered for the capture of J. F. B. Searcey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Colfax County, Mississippi, now Clay County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Silas Murrah, who was convicted of unlawfully working an animal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from from George G. Dillard to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, requesting reward and requisition to retrieve Joseph Eskridge from Dallas, Texas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Samuel R. L. Scarborough to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the alleged murderer Charles Davis fleeing to Texas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from Eugene Mister to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, a receipt for the capture and return of escaped convict Jerry Beuford.

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 Henry Hanks while under contract to M. H. Tuttle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from F. G. Stippelman to W. R. Davol, giving descriptions of escaped convicts William Hays and James Head.