From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sarah Brady, writing on behalf of her brother Frank Brady, who is imprisoned in Jackson under the name of John McKay, and claims that he is imprisoned for a crime that he is not guilty of. She explains how her brother came to get arrested for unknowingly transporting stolen goods. Ms. Brady is requesting a pardon for her brother so that he can come home and help support his widow mother.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Report from Z. A. Philips, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall in Jackson, Mississippi, on the escapes of William Bently, Robert Brothers, Frank Watson, Boling Le Parish, and Frank Brady on November 4 and 6.