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 to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon of Lewis Mansley and Lizzie Kendrick, convicted of criminal marriage (stepfather and stepdaughter).

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. 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. Petition from several citizens of Amite County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the pardon of Richard Freeman, who has been accused of bigamy. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. S. Van Eaton at Woodville, Mississippi, to R. J. Mathews, recounting the case of Elisha Boker and stating that he ought to have never been convicted, stating that the prosecutor had gone to the cabin of Boker looking for a woman that was staying there. When Elisha came out, the prosecutor tried to attack Elisha with a long piece of iron. Van Eaton claims Elisha defended himself with a knife, cutting the prosecutor. Van Eaton also accuses the witnesses in the case, all African Americans, of being prejudiced against Boker. Van Eaton requests executive clemency for Boker.