From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Wyoming Governor John M. Thayer, containing a proclamation that 25 November, 1875, will be Thanksgiving in the territory of Wyoming.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Pennsylvania Governor J. F. Hartranft, containing a proclamation that 25 November, 1875, will be Thanksgiving in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Louisiana Governor William P. Kellogg, containing a proclamation that 25 November, 1875, will be Thanksgiving in the state of Louisiana.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from United States President Ulysses S. Grant to the people of the United States, proclaiming November 25th as the date of Thanksgiving in 1875. (Includes concurring proclamation from New Hampshire Governor Person Colby Cheney.)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of a quarantine of ports on the Gulf Coast until ships from certain ports can be examined.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of a $50.00 reward for the capture and return of Jeff Brown. Includes description of escapee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Gillespie in "Shieldsbrough" (now apart of Bay St. Louis), Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to aid in enforcing a quarantine for yellow fever in the area of Pascagoula, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from L. Julienne at Jackson, Mississippi, to an unnamed "friend", discussing personal matters and describing his views on life in occupied Natchez, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Barnes in Arkansas, a friend of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, telling him about conditions on his farm.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Doctor Henry Cumming at Marrietta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need for the distribution of vaccines in Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the "suffering condition of the people" in Hancock County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John L. McLean at Camp Griffith requesting transportation for a recruiting party from the 12th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles E. Hooker to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing the Governor he will telegraph the minute he hears South Carolina has voted for secession.
