From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that Hickey and Cole will arrive in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 29.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton to United States General A. G. Parker, confirming that Barton sent letter to Ames in 1874 asking to be appointed chancellor of Lee County, Mississippi.