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Legal Document from Peter Crosby to the Supervisors of Warren County, Mississippi; March 28, 1876
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Peter Crosby to the Supervisors of Warren County, Mississippi, containing an affidavit swearing that Crosby was forcibly removed as sheriff of Warren County, Mississippi, by armed men.
Letter; March 23, 1876
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter containing a transcript of a bill to allow Noxubee County, Mississippi, supervisors to select an investigator to investigate Sheriff W. M. Conner.
Letter from J. B. Allgood to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; March 12, 1876
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. B. Allgood to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, returning previous correspondence of Sheriff W. M. Conner. (Conner's letter not included)
Letter from W. W. Dedrick; February 16, 1876
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. W. Dedrick, containing a statement claiming to be present at meeting at the Governor's Mansion to remove Peter Crosby as Sheriff of Warren County, Mississippi.
Letter from T. J. Reed to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 27, 1876
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from T. J. Reed to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing dispute between Sheriff Connor and Noxubee County, Mississippi, supervisors.
Letter from James R. Cavett to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 27, 1876
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James R. Cavett to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing attempts to settle dispute between Noxubee County, Mississippi, supervisors and Sheriff W. M. Conner.
Letter from Noxubee County Sheriff W. M. Connor to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 25, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. M. Connor to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing an armed mob of white men forcing P. H. Green to leave Noxubee County, Mississippi.
Legal Document from Joshua W. Bowing; December 29, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Joshua W. Bowing in Vicksburg, Mississippi, containing an excerpt from the minutes of the Warren County, Mississippi, board of supervisors regarding special election for the sheriff and tax collector.
Letter from John Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; November 8, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from John Brown in Austin, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, resigning as sheriff and tax collector of Coahoma County, Mississippi.
Letter from James W. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 28, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James W. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, repeating his statements from October 23rd that armed Democrats are intimidating voters in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
Letter from Sheriff Peter Crosby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 28, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Peter Crosby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, tendering his resignation as the sheriff of Warren County, Mississippi.
Letter from Sheriff W. H. Lewis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 22, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. H. Lewis to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that Democrats have procured a cannon and intend to use it for voter intimidation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
Letter from Sheriff A. Parker to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 24, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. Parker to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that Amite, Mississippi, is prepared to deliver a Republican victory in the election.
Letter from Sheriff John Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 24, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff John Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that he has been removed from the office of Sheriff of Coahoma, Mississippi, and threatened with death.
Transcription of telegrams from Sheriff John Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 4, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Transcription of three telegrams from Sheriff John Brown to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing how Sheriff Brown was forced to flee Coahoma, Mississippi, by armed men.
Letter from J. B. Allgood to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 11, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. B. Allgood to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reiterating that Sheriff Connor took money from the education budget.
Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to Sheriff W. M. Connor; October 12, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to Sheriff W. M. Connor, suspending him as tax collector of Noxubee County, Mississippi.
Letter from Sheriff W. M. Connor to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 7, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff W. M. Connor of Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking him who has lawful authority over the tax collecting office in Noxubee County, Mississippi.
Letter from Sheriff William A. Alcorn of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 27, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff William A. Alcorn in Charleston, Mississippi of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending that Ames not raise the militia as it would lead to bloodshed.
Letter from William B. Avery to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 14, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William B. Avery to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that men from another county had tried to register to vote in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, leading to an angry mob rising and the Sheriff raising 100 men to disperse it.
Letter from Sheriff William A. Alcorn of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 15, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William A. Alcorn, Sheriff of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, in Charleston, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting help from Ames to keep the peace after racial violence erupted during voting registration.
Letter from Thomas Bland to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 18, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Copy from Thomas Bland to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing the affidavit against John Connelly for shooting the Sheriff's Deputy with intent to kill. Includes description of John Connelly.
Letter from Isham Stewart to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 19, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Isham Stewart to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, writing in support of Sheriff Connor of Noxubee County, Mississippi, against the county treasurer.
Letter from Henry B. Whitfield to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; August 20, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Henry B. Whitfield to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, writing in support of Sheriff Connor of Noxubee County, Mississippi, against the county's treasurer.
Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to the Sheriff of Alcorn County, Mississippi; June 19, 1875
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis to the Sheriff of Alcorn County, Mississippi, containing a pardon of George W. Mitchell, indicted for murder.