You'll have to 'pardon' me for the mistake, but there were only three organized pardon campaigns.
The first was in 1897. It failed because Ali nearly killed ( or some might say....murdered) William Greef in Matteawan Asylum.
The second was in 1900. It failed because Gov. Roosevelt stated, quite correctly, that there was no tangible evidence that warranted releasing Ali.
The third was in May 1901. Robillard sent Damon's first affidavit to Gov. Odell. Meanwhile, Ali sent his first of two letters to the Governor.
We have ten letters sent from Ali to four different Governors. Govs. Flower, Morton, Roosevelt, and Odell.
The first three letters he sent (
six in all) to Governor Flower were all rejected and had been incorrectly believed as being 'pardon campaigns'.
Those were the June 1893, September 1894, and November 1894 letters. Ali, of course, asked to be released.
This letter preceded the 1893 request from Ali to Flower. In fact, it was submitted in 1892 when Nicoll was the DA and Flower had just stepped into office as Governor.
Gov. Flower and DA Nicoll both had no idea who was behind the plea for clemency in late 1893 resulting in this letter:
Third request.....this is why I became confused with the number of pardon campaigns. It was no 'campaign' in the usual sense of the word.