From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. S. Campbell to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging appointment of General A. M. West as the Mississippi representative to the Centennial Exhibition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. V. Morgan to United States General A. G. Parker, stating that Morgan cannot confirm statements made by others.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. V. Morgan to United States General A. G. Parker, claiming that Morgan cannot answer Packer's question but will ask W. A. Morgan to clarify.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton to United States General A. G. Parker, confirming that Barton sent letter to Ames in 1874 asking to be appointed chancellor of Lee County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to United States General A. G. Packer, requesting a copy of the evidence presented to impeachment committee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Watkins to United States Major George M. Goran, requesting salary as member of the state House of Representatives.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from J. A. Orr in Columbus, Mississippi to Colonel S. M. Meek, endorsing a pardon of an unnamed individual.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. M. Stites to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him of the disarray in Claiborne County, Mississippi, and claiming that a fair election cannot be held without troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. C. Augur to Assistant Adjutant Generals, ordering local commanding officers to keep a state of readiness and ordering Captain Gentry to Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from George H. Chase to United States Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont, informing him that free elections cannot be held in Mississippi without federal troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Ferris H. Little to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him that without federal troops, Colfax (Clay), Monroe, and Lowndes Counties in Mississippi will be taken by Democrats in the election.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James W. Lee to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, reporting that it will not be possible for a Republican ticket to succeed because of armed Democrats with reinforcements from Alabama threatening to force African American voters to vote Democrat or not vote at all.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from N. G. Gill to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, warning him that the statewide elections cannot be held safely without the protection of federal troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Transcript of telegraph from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to United States President Ulysses S. Grant, asking for military help against rampant violence taking place throughout the state. It includes account of seizure of firearms by a mob from the dock of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from S. W. Gere to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for arms to be sent to fend off white leaguers in Tate County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Price to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that Senator Campbell accepted the position of Brigadier General and recommending Senator Warner for the President Pro-Tem of the Senate.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Printed account of the forced removal of illegitimate legislators from the Louisiana House of Representatives by federal troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Copies of three letters from P. H. Sheridan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning troops deployed in the area of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from United States President Ulysses S. Grant to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, authorizing Ames to use the military to deal with the riots in Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Thomas C. Sullivan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the total value of rations provided during overflow.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Sullivan in New Orleans, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking if Governor Ames intends to request more rations or if stores can be supplied to sufferers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Colonel Samuel Thomas of the Freedmen's Bureau to General H. W. Slocum, commander of the department of Mississippi, concerning the case of J. D. Collier, whose lease of an abandoned land is being challenged by the previous owner. (Document is related to mdah_776-960-01-09.)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Form from the United States Department of Justice, to be used to call for United States Army troops to suppress domestic violence in the state. Included is a note from Travis Rhodes, Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the form.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Roster from First Lieutenant Ira Quinby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of the 24th United States Infantry listing Lieutenant Colonel Adelbert Ames as Provisional Governor of Mississippi

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Contract between Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn and E. Richardson, agreeing that Alcorn will assume and extend for another three years an existing contract between E. Richardson and Major General Alvan Gillem, in which Richardson is entrusted with running the Mississippi State Penitentiary. This contract is signed by Alcorn, Richardson, Tho. Green, and John W. Robinson. It is witnessed by R. M. Potts and Joshua Green.