From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States President Ulysses S. Grant to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, authorizing Ames to use the military to deal with the riots in Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mrs. William Hoover to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a resolution by the maternal association of Summit, Mississippi, thanking Ames for his support of temperance.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William H. Garland to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending Reverend William Hoover for Superintendent of Pike County, Mississippi, schools with a newspaper article attached.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from V. B. Waddell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that levees are holding in Tunica County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from George Fletcher, an African American man in Washington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, expressing his concern with the ability of African American people to make a living off the land when they are being charged $10 for an acre or two for rent. Fletcher asks Alcorn if he could make some arrangement for relief.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Captain W. E. Montgomery, commander of the Herndon Rangers (Mississippi Militia, Cavalry Battalion, Second Reserves), to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark about attempted United States Army cavalry raids in his area of operation, as well as soldiers that may need to be released from service. Montgomery also writes on the health and safety of his family, as he claims that United States soldiers have threatened to capture and hold them hostage.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Lieutenant Franklin Force, acting Provost Marshal of Freedmen, requesting ten days rations to be issued for one man and nine women, all impoverished African Americans, at Brandon, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain Samuel A. Cooper of the 50th United States Colored Infantry, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Gustavus Wilcox and J. S. Vaughan, both justices of the peace at Rodney, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, asking for instructions on how to legally "get rid of the nuisance" of supposed "vagrants" allegedly resulting from the influx of African Americans into the town.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry A. Pope at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting exemption from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert F. Clute, rector of Grace Church at Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for an exemption from serving in the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Rodney, Mississippi, concerning Jefferson W. Cook, arrested for allegedly fomenting a slave revolt in Jefferson County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Canton, Mississippi, seeking a nursing job for Mrs. Mary J. Terry, a widow.