From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon of Charles Miller, who pled guilty to grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Citizens of Holmes County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for the commutation of the sentence of Alfred Hunter who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Two petitions from citizens of Jones County, Mississippi, at Ellisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, in regards to the reinstatement of the probate judge, sheriff, and clerk of their county. Due to the presence of Confederate troops, the previous election for the county was illegal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas H. McCowen at Washington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that his enslaved people not taken to work on the fortifications at Port Hudson, Louisiana.