From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from employees of the Mississippi State Penitentiary to William Noonan for executive clemency of Louis Harris who was convicted of murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Fred Parsons and several others to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon of Alexander Smith, convicted of rape. Includes endorsement by the Superintendent of the Penitentiary, William Noonan.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, giving details of two convict leasing contracts in response to a previous inquiry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Add. Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting a pardon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for the pardon of Green Torbit, who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Travis Rhodes, informing Ames' office of a contract for convict labor between the Mississippi State Penitentiary and French and Jobe.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that King Henderson escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that Samuel Hodo escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, containing pardon of Rufus Daily, convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing the office of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames of the escape of Minor Robinson. Includes description of fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis of a $50 reward for the capture and return of William Johnson. Includes description of fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis of $50 reward for the capture and return of Minor Robinson. Includes description of escapee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing the office of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames of the escape of William Johnson. Includes description of fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis of the escape of William Douglas and James Alexander from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document, containing a copy of contract for prisoner labor for O. C. French and Charles S. Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to the Sheriff of Claiborne County, Mississippi, pardoning John Dunning, who was convicted of assault with intent to kill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commuting the sentence of Milton Willis who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that William Caldwell escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, containing a pardon of Wash Green, convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, containing a proclamation of a $50.00 reward for the arrest of Nelson Prewitt, who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, asking for a pardon of Wash Davis, convicted of larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan, Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending pardon for Henderson White who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from Mary Parish to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, asking for a pardon of Samuel Parish, convicted of attempted rape. Includes recommendation of Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to A. K. Davis, informing Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis that prisoners Eli Anderson and George Wardlow escaped from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis of a $50.00 reward for the capture of King Henderson, who escaped from custody.