From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. B. McClure to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, offering to act as a surprise witness in Ames' impeachment trial.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that Hickey and Cole will arrive in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 29.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from the Grand Jury of Hinds County, Mississippi, containing a report of the grand jury stating that murders were committed but witnesses could not be found to identify murderers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document, containing a collection of witness testimony from the murder trial of Elvin Logan.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Sheriff of Noxubee County, Mississippi, containing a pardon and remission of the fine of J. M. Parham who is a defaulting witness in the case of the State of Mississippi vs. J. H. Eskridge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List of witnesses for the committee of investigation. Several names are struck out.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter to C. W. Sullivan, requesting that Sullivan testify before the investigative committee to rebut the testimony of Colonel Wiles.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking for a pardon before trial for Avent, Jones, and Woods. Included is a note from I. N. Osborn, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Incomplete draft of Mississippi House Bill 390, entitled "An Act to require witnesses to testify in certain cases."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from P. B. Starke, Thos. W. Stinger, and T. J. Mitchell, members of a committee appointed to assess the affairs of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing the results of the committee's investigation into the condition of the penitentiary - including plantations leased by the penitentiary where some convicted persons, mostly African Americans, are made to perform labor - and its inmates. There are several pages of information concerning some inmates needing medical attention, some inmates whom the committee believed were improperly convicted, and recommended pardons or commutations of sentences. Appended are additional "special reports" concerning particular cases and persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. D. Jones to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Ridgley Ceylon Powers, asking for assistance in prosecuting a Ku Klux Klan case. Jones asks for three things for the Governor to help with to ensure the safety of the witnesses who are African American.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff E. F. Haynie to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, reporting the murder of T. J. Shope and stating that the only eye witness to the murder has fled to Arkansas. Haynie also reports the case of another man, Leopold, who is charged with stealing property in the amount of $3,000 and has also fled to Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. A. Metts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning an indictment issued by a grand jury in Winston County, Mississippi, for C. C. Hudson. Metts asks the Governor if he should send him a man that can identify Hudson, and what compensation would be given to this witness.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. F. Moore in Newton County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating that Moore has seen a published proclamation from Alcorn calling for evidence of violent crimes being committed in Mississippi. Moore is now ready to offer his testimony. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, private secretary to Alcorn, giving an executive summary of Moore's letter. (Hewson's note appears to give the date of the letter as January 5, 1871. This may be an error, as Moore's actual letter bears the date January 5, 1870).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from James T. Coleman at Vicksburg, Mississippi, replying to an inquiry concerning the case against Parker Lacey. Coleman believes an injustice had been done by the conviction of Lacey, arguing that a companion of Lacey had been swindled out of some money and when Lacey went to recover the money from the alleged swindlers, they had Lacey arrested. Coleman believes that Lacey was convicted because he is an African American man and the alleged swindlers are white, and that Lacey's punishment was far beyond his offense.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from H. Murphy to R. J. Mathews, recounting the details of the case of Isham Walton, whom he defended, and stating that Walton was convicted of assault with the intent to kill. According to witnesses, Walton was said to have been holding a gun carelessly when it went off by accident. Murphy states that he believes the punishment for Walton was unjust. There is also a statement at the end of this letter from W. L. Walton pleading for the release of Isham Walton.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from B. B. Boone at Jacinto, Mississippi, addressed to R. J. Martin (possibly intended for R. J. Mathews?), recounting the details of the case against C.C. Byers--a Tennessee man working in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, accused of stealing a horse. Boone states that Byers was questioned about the horse, and said that he purchased the horse from someone else but later turned the horse loose in the woods. Byers was unable to procure any witnesses for his case, and his parents, being impoverished and out-of-state, could neither help him nor attend his trial. Boone further states that he believes that Byers has served enough punishment for petty larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from J. J. Gainey to L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, describing how he got a young Mr. Woods to confess to being a member of "the three K's" and to being involved in shooting up a widow's home, and the murder of another African American man during said incident. Gainey states that he is enclosing affidavits of witnesses to the confession. (Enclosed affidavits not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. Brooke at Raymond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, enclosing a petition to release Mr. Jordan from prison to join the Confederate Army. (Enclosed petition not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Lottie Williamson in Simpson County, Mississippi, to Van E. Young, the commander of the post of Jackson, Mississippi, giving information on the witnesses and alleged perpetrators of the murder of her sons.