From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, offering fifty dollars for the capture of escaped convicts Thomas Lee, Jerry Wyatt, Rafe Phillips, Alex Walker, and Moses Cohen. The proclamation includes physical descriptions of each man.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from citizens of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to pardon Presley Smith, an African American convicted of larceny and burglary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Powell at Hardy Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi State Auditor Thomas T. Swann, concerning land subject to purchase.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Thomas Gafton, former state legislator and Confederate veteran, of Adams County, Mississippi, to Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell, the Commander of the Fourth Military District, containing a claim concerning his right to register and vote. Claim was denied citing constitutional authority by McDowell.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from S. M. Preston, former colonel of the 58th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, at Natchez, Mississippi, to General N. A. M. Dudley, introducing Israel Etta, a former corporal in Preston's regiment, who desires to testify about disturbances of the peace in Washington, Mississippi. The letter is endorsed by George Hussey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff Joseph McCloy of Hinds County, Mississippi, to General James Biddle, regarding the murder of Medora Carr, an African-American girl, allegedly by Marsh Davis. McCloy describes the results of an inquest by a coroner's jury and requests a cavalry detachment be sent to capture Davis. The letter was forwarded to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames who directed the Mississippi Secretary of State to issue a reward of $250 for Davis' capture.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from S. F. Kneeland at Albany, New York, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, accepting the appointment to "Commissioner to take acknowledgements."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from S. F. Kneeland at the University of Albany Law Department in New York, to James W. Benham, concerning his appointment as commissioner and references for same.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Claim from Robert Wood, a former probate court clerk and Confederate veteran, in Adams County, Mississippi, to Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell, the Commander of the Fourth Military District, concerning his right to register and vote. Claim was denied citing constitutional authority by McDowell.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the pardon of William J. B. Ellington.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. V. Booth at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the indictment of Frank Talbert.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. V. Booth at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, sending notice that defendant Frank Talbert, indicted in Warren County, Mississippi, is now in custody in New Orleans, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from R. P. Williams of the Second Judicial District in Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, writing about solicitation of executive clemency for Elmore Hester, convicted hog thief.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Treasurer John Echols at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the payment of state taxes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, granting pardon to Elisha Baker to be released from prison.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames at Jackson, Mississippi, to R. V. Booth, Assistant Attorney of the Third Judicial District at Vicksburg, Mississippi, regarding a requisition to the governor of Louisiana for prisoner Frank Robert, under indictment by the Warren County, Mississippi, Circuit Court for grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Major C. C. Shackleford and other petitioners in Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting executive clemency for Samuel Vanvactor, a formerly enslaved African-American man convicted of "unlawful cohabitation."

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).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Nat Wolfe at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to James M. Benham, the Hinds County, Mississippi, Registrar, requesting a reply of survey of statistical information.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from First Lieutenant John Tyler, acting Mississippi Assistant Attorney General at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the reward claim of E. E. McRaven for capturing an escaped convict.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from First Lieutenant John Tyler, acting Mississippi Assistant Attorney General at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging the governor's communications on the tenth of July and informing him of the commanding general's approval.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from First Lieutenant John R. Hynes, Military Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, testifying to the good conduct of James Clay Potts, a convict imprisoned for grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from L. A. Philips of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, soliciting executive clemency for N. E. Broughton, convicted of manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Josiah Jones at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting that Ames pursue an extradition of Church A. Williamson from Sumter County, Alabama, for alleged assault with intent to kill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John M. Thompson to the Honorable W. T. Stricklin, concerning executive clemency for Samuel White.