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Letter from Stephen B. Blackwell to Governor Adelbert Ames, regarding rations for victims of the 1874 Mississippi River flood.

J. F. Boulden's Freedmen's School Report for June 1868. He reports an average attendance of 75. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools: "Not very good at present."Remarks: "My night school that I reported last month is closed."

J. F. Boulden's Freedmen's School Report for July 1868. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools: "Very bad in some cases" Remarks: "Politics has run so high that it has made money very scarce"

Signature of Jesse Freeman Boulden from an 1868 Freedmen's School report

Letter to Governor Ames from J. F. Boulden, resigning as a trustee of Alcorn University.

Letter from Jesse Freeman Boulden to Governor Ames, requesting the commutation of a death sentence for a prisoner named Green Henry.

Letter from Jesse Freeman Boulden to Governor Ames, revoking his previous request for a pardon for Green Henry.

Signature of Anderson Boyd from an 1874 petition to Governor Ames.

Signature of George W. Boyd

Signature of Walter Boyd