From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter containing a newspaper clipping of an opinion of the Mississippi State Attorney General George E. Harris about whether or not Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames has the right to appoint a Lieutenant Governor.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from F. M. Goar, president of Exchange Bank, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that evidence presented against Bill Merritt was not reliable.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter containing a list of cases heard by the Mississippi State Supreme Court in the October 1875 term.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter, containing a report of the finances of the state of Mississippi for 1875.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Hazlehurst, Mississippi and Others to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Wash Rawls who was convicted of murder.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Chairman F. S. Davis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for delegates to attend a railroad convention in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 19th, 1875.
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 J. B. Allgood to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, in response to a previous letter from Ames regarding taxes on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Financial statement of Noxubee County, Mississippi, for the year 1874.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. F. Simonton in Shannon, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing vigilante violence against the African American population of Lee County, Mississippi, and requesting military protection.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Alfred Moses to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing being wounded at the barbecue in Clinton, Mississippi, that was the inciting incident of the riot.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Sworn statement from Edward Gilliam to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the armed group of 50 white men who seized control of Edwards following the riots at Clinton, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Colfax (now Clay) County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Jordan Ivy, who was convicted of grand larceny. The Judge and district attorney declined to endorse.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Lowndes County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the pardon of Curtis Jenkins, who was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill. (Recommendations against pardon by the district attorney and judge in the case included)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Transcript of telegraph from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to United States President Ulysses S. Grant, asking for military help against rampant violence taking place throughout the state. It includes account of seizure of firearms by a mob from the dock of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Lewis McGee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that he cannot go home to Bolton, Mississippi, for fear for his life.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William M. Hancock to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending no pardon for Rufus Yates whose petition for pardon was made to Ames.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Henry Varnum Poor to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to send a financial report to manual railroads of the United States.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Lloyd of the Lloyd Map Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a quote for a map of the United States.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. S. Bunyard in Grand Bluff, Texas to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking if there is a reward for a man named "Rainwater" who previously escaped from prison.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from I. N. Osborn in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi State Attorney General George E. Harris, requesting the names of the representatives of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad Company in a court case.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John A. Hall to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames with a list of New Jersey state officers. Letter also asks for list of state legislators' addresses.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Wilson Wood to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing the financial statement of Adams County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. F. Street to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, inquiring about potential reward offered for Gillon Walters.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. G. Dubant to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a tax statement of Grenada County, Mississippi, for 1874.
