From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Alexander Blackman and Citizens of Franklin County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Alexander Blackman who was indicted for bigamy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Norris in Baltimore, Maryland to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the proposed scales law, and asking Ames to address it with Mississippi's representatives.

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. Letter from C. A. Johnston to the Secretary of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a remission of forfeiture against C. A. Johnston of $500.00.

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 from Yazoo City, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of John Blauford who was convicted of assault with intent to kill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Noxubee County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for the pardon of Adolphus Cline who was indicted for 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 pardon of Nero Wilson, convicted of receiving stolen goods. Pardon included.

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 to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, for pardon for Thomas H. Lusk and Mary E. Drummond, convicted of bigamy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from the citizens of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to leave the murder case of Morgan and Hilliard to the courts.

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 Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Mitchell Easley, who was convicted of murder in April 1873.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from L. Lea to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to review the case of State v. Nathan Gibson where Gibson was convicted. Lea is asking the Governor to commute Gibson's sentence from death to imprisonment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from F. S. Pate to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating that Thomas Welch is living at large in Dyer County, Tennessee, and asking Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to send a requisition to the Governor of Tennessee. Indictment from the Grand Jury of Union County, Mississippi against Thomas Welch is attached.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William L. Perra and Thomas Kirts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, with information concerning the investigation of monies spent by C. S. Swan on furnishings for the circuit and chancery clerks offices in Newton County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. M. Patrick to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Governor Alcorn of the actions of certain men going about the county in disguise, whipping freedmen and making threats against his own life and that of his family. Patrick also asks Alcorn for assistance in finding these persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from P. A. Strobecker to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn. Strobecker requests that he be appointed to the position of Justice of the Peace in Washington County, Mississippi. He writes that currently there is only a one Magistrate and he is gone on business often which means the citizens of the Washington County are traveling to Greenville, Mississippi to conduct their business. He also makes it known that he believes his appointment would be accepted by all parties and races. (Enclosed is a letter from C. C. Shakleford introducing P. A. Strobecker to Governor Alcorn

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. The Tenth Annual Report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum by Superintendent Robert Kells.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Affidavit and appeal from Lucinda Cantrill and Mary Jane Smyth, arrested for burglary and larceny, at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, stating under oath that they are not guilty and asking that they be released from jail in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The affidavit is sworn before and witnessed by Stephen A. Brown, probate judge and justice of the peace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Letter from James A. Lyons to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark making recommendations as to changes that should be made to the system of slavery in the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. N. Casky, the chaplain of Wood's company of the 2nd Battalion Mississippi Cavalry at Beaties's Bluff, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on rich men who are evading the draft.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from D. W. Lamkin, a lieutenant in the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery, at Opelika, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking that an enslaved person be released from jail.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James B. McLelland at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning cotton purchased by David Wragg before his death.