From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. M. Stites to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him of the disarray in Claiborne County, Mississippi, and claiming that a fair election cannot be held without troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from O. A. Esquinol to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting that conditions in Yazoo City, Mississippi, are dire for Republicans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. C. Augur to Assistant Adjutant Generals, ordering local commanding officers to keep a state of readiness and ordering Captain Gentry to Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. W. Lewis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that the voter intimidation in Lowndes County, Mississippi, is overt and violent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James W. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, repeating his statements from October 23rd that armed Democrats are intimidating voters in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles Calowell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that Democrats are not adhering to the peace agreement.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegrams to J. Z. George, informing him that the reports of armed men trying to influence the election in Yazoo County, Mississippi, are false.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William H. Bolton to the public, refuting a circular that claims he will be arming 500 men for election day.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John G. Owen to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that Democrats in Scott County, Mississippi, intend to carry out the election by force.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John G. Owen to J. Tarbell, informing him that Democrats in Scott County, Mississippi, intend to carry out the election by force.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George H. Chase to United States Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont, informing him that free elections cannot be held in Mississippi without federal troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. A. Simons to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him of a nighttime attack on his house by men who have vowed that he will not live to see election day.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. A. Simons to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that White Leagues have been allegedly murdering Republicans in Richland, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Hill to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking him to appoint election supervisors in Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James W. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting that it will not be possible for a Republican ticket to succeed because of armed Democrats with reinforcements from Alabama threatening to force African American voters to vote Democrat or not vote at all.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. H. Lewis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that Democrats have procured a cannon and intend to use it for voter intimidation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. F. Simonton to State Central Executive Committee, stating that fair elections cannot be held in Lee County, Mississippi, because the Republicans are too intimidated.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. W. Longstreet to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him of the unrest and violence surrounding the Yazoo County, Mississippi, elections.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him of the dire situation in Monroe County, Mississippi, due to the Democrats being in possession of a cannon and many guns.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Major Whitfield to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him about the violence and voter intimidation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from N. B. Blackman to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, expressing his wishes for a fair election and informing him that Democrats in Jasper County, Mississippi, are confident that they will win the election by intimidation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John E. Meek to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that Democrats intend to carry out the election by force.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, congratulating him on achieving peace without bloodshed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Newspaper clipping announcing an agreement between the Republican Executive Committee and the Committee of Citizens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Draft of a letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to United States Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont, assuring that free elections can be held in the aftermath of the Clinton, Mississippi, riots.