From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from William Price in Grenada, Mississippi to Mississippi Attorney General George E. Harris, asking if an unspecified opinion will be ready to transmit today.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from William J. Lane to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames if he is being considered for the position of chemistry professor at Alcorn State University.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from H. Smith, J. J. Smith, and J. Smothers to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to send appointment of circuit clerk to Port Gibson, Mississippi, by telegraph.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from William McCary to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that six hundred people are in need of relief and that there are no stores available in Natchez, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from W. H. Lynch in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, claiming that six hundred people are on the verge of starvation and requesting rations for them.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from W. H. Lynch to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that Governor Ames has been misled and that the suffering in the region is great.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Peter Crosby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that he cannot retain the office of sheriff of Warren County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. J. Bordages to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of charges brought against the tax collector of Hancock County, Mississippi, for failing to collect taxes for the 1873 fiscal year.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Benjamin A. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting three thousand rations of meat for Vicksburg, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from G. M. Raymond in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, urgently requesting rations as the supplies have been exhausted.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from A. R. Howe in Washington, D. C. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that Howe is trying to appropriate additional funds for overflow relief.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from W. H. Noble Jr. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting more rations sent to Wilkinson County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from G. N. Raymond to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that rations were delivered to Natchez, Mississippi, but that additional rations will be needed soon.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from G. M. Raymond to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting supplies be sent to Natchez, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from G. M. Raymond to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting additional supplies to Natchez, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting one thousand rations for thirty days for overflow sufferers in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from M. B. Sullivan to Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, requesting one hundred dollars for drayage of provisions.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. R. Howe to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that an appropriation bill has passed.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Henry C. Griffin to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, declining membership on the relief committee because rations were not shipped to Natchez, Mississippi, as requested.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from M. B. Sullivan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames that supplies were shipped that evening.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from George N. Raymond to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, inquiring where and on what boat overflow rations were shipped.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from W. H. Noble, Jr. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating all river lands in the county are flooded, and asking what steps to take to help sufferers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Fred Barrett to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, indicating that Barrett has met with General Emory and recommended additional rations for Mississippi overflow sufferers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from William McCary to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, estimating the number of Adams County, Mississippi, overflow sufferers at 1,800.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from William H. Lynch to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, drawing the Ames' attention to destitute African American people stranded in Deadman's Bend.
