From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Mississippi Secretary of State James D. Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving Alcorn a report on the condition of the secretary of state's office, the duties of office, and a brief description of his thoughts on what should be done within the office. Lynch's report especially concerns the duties of the office as they relate to the appraisal and administration of public lands.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Mississippi Secretary of State James Lynch to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning officers and including Lynch's annual report.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Thomas Hanby at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, advising the governor of the murder in Calhoun County, Mississippi, of Solomon Weeks allegedly by Hanby's nephew George Hanby, requesting that he be brought to justice.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. Parker of Amite County, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, containing a warrant for the arrests of John C. Sharkey and F. R. Morgan for the alleged murder of Matthew Cox.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. Parker of Amite County, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, advising of the highway robbery and murder of Matthew Cox allegedly by Rick Sharkey and F. R. Morgan, both of whom escaped to Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. H. Pierce at Panola, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, advising of the jail break with outside assistance of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, prisoners C. E. Mooney and W. J. Avant. Pierce asks that a reward of $1,000 be offered for the capture of Mooney, who is accused of murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from P. M. Wilson at Oxford, Mississippi, to Major William Atwood, enclosing a list of registered voters in Beat One, Lafayette County, Mississippi, who did not vote in the December 30, 1869 election.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from First Lieutenant W. H. Campion at Jackson, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, including an enclosed abstract of voters from other counties in Pike County, Mississippi, and other papers returned for correction.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent W. H. Peavie of the Metropolitan Police at Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the arrest of Samuel Sevier for the alleged murder of James G. Simpkins.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Peavie, the Superintendent of the Memphis, Tennessee, Metropolitan Police, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, giving notice that escaped prisoner Mike Dunn, also known as Thomas Devine, is in custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. C. McGowan of Panola County, Mississippi, to O. H. Crandall, reporting information on fugitive John Murdock, suspected of murder and leading a band of Ku Klux Klan members in Panola County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. C. McGowan of Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the a reward be offered for the apprehension of John Murdock, a fugitive from justice.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Brevet Major T. H. Logan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a copy of a letter received by Logan relating the whereabouts and employment of Samuel Seiver, who is allegedly the murderer of James G. Simpkins.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Joseph Spurlock in Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reiterating the request that the Mississippi River crossings should be guarded and a reward offered for the capture of John M. Michie for the murder of John J. Michie.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff C. E. Morgan of Washington County, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, requesting funds from the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum treasury to defray the expenses of transferring an African-American woman adjudged mentally ill by a jury.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff C. E. Morgan of Washington County, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, forwarding the original correspondence from Eugene Nordmann, justice of the peace of Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. G. Packer at Lexington, Mississippi, to First Lieutenant William Atwood, detailing the alleged murder of John J. Michie by John M. Michie.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff C. W. Fontaine of Warren County, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, asking that a reward of $200 be offered for the capture of George Westmoreland for the murder of Constable H. Cox in Warren County.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from Sheriff James Travis of Macon County, Illinois, to Lieutenant William Atwood, providing additional notification that J. W. Hartley is now in jail. He requests Lieutenant William Atwood to "come immediately."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Atwood to O. H. Crandall, responding to a request by Crandall for an appropriation of funds to send the stomach of a person suspected of being poisoned to Louisville, Kentucky, for analysis.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Atwood at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, transferring state printing duties to the Mississippi Pilot, R. C. Power proprietor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Note from Lieutenant William Atwood to O. H. Crandall, concerning the extradition of J. W. Hartley to Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from First Lieutenant William Atwood at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, summarizing and enclosing a letter from Frederic Bull of New York City, New York, who is seeking an appointment as a commissioner of deeds. Atwood relays that Major General Alvan Gillem recommends Bull's appointment, as Gillem is acquainted with Bull's friend A. Burrell. A signature from Mississippi Secretary of State C. A. Brougher also appears, dated July 23, 1868. (Enclosed letter is document mdah_784-968-01-28).