MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL ARCHIVES:
An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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OVERVIEW
Creator: | Minnesota. | |
Title: | Miscellaneous Records. | |
Dates: | 1851, 1857. | |
Language: | Materials in English. | |
Abstract: | Autographs of the territorial officers, congressional delegate, and members of the second legislative assembly (February 26, 1851) and the signers of the Democratic and Republican versions of the state constitution (1857). Also five 1857 statehood documents that were exhibited at the 1957 Minnesota State Fair: the enabling act passed by Congress authorizing formation of a state constitution (February 26), territorial act providing for election of delegates to a constitutional convention (May 23), Joseph R. Brown's certificate of election as a convention delegate (June 20), Congressional act admitting Minnesota into the Union (December 7), and Territorial Governor Samuel Medary's proclamation of adoption of the state constitution (December 22). | |
Quantity: | 3 oversize folders and 2 items in Reserve. | |
Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf location. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
The original Autographs of the territorial officers, congressional delegate, and members of the second legislative assembly, February 26, 1851, and Signers of the Democratic and Republican versions of the state constitution, 1857 (+ Reserve 8), may only be used with the written permission of the State Archives staff. Please consult library staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Miscellaneous Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Location of Originals:
Originals of the 1857 statehood documents exhibited in 1957 are in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None; 1802E
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Digitized by: Christopher G. Welter, December 2011.
Digitization of reserve material was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.
Catalog ID number: 001713236
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
126.J.3.3 | Autographs of the territorial officers, congressional delegate and members of the second legislative assembly, February 26, 1851. Photocopy; 1 folder. |
Reserve +8 | Autographs of the territorial officers, congressional delegate and members of the second legislative assembly, February 26, 1851. 1 folder. | ||||||||||
ACCESS RESTRICTED | |||||||||||
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126.J.3.3 | Signers of the Democratic and Republican versions of the state constitution, 1857. Photocopy; 1 folder. |
Reserve +8 | Signers of the Democratic and Republican versions of the state constitution, 1857. 1 folder. | ||||||||||
ACCESS RESTRICTED | |||||||||||
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126.J.3.3 | Statehood documents that were exhibited at the 1957 Minnesota State Fair, 1857. 5 items in 1 folder; photocopies. | ||||||||||
Enabling act passed by Congress authorizing formation of a state constitution, February 26, 1857. | |||||||||||
Territorial act providing for election of delegates to a constitutional convention, May 23, 1857. | |||||||||||
Joseph R. Brown's certificate of election as a convention delegate, June 20, 1857. | |||||||||||
Congressional act admitting Minnesota into the Union, December 7, 1857. | |||||||||||
Territorial Governor Samuel Medary's proclamation of adoption of the state constitution, December 22, 1857. |
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Congresses and conventions -- Minnesota -- Attendance.
- Constitutional conventions -- Minnesota.
- Legislators -- Minnesota -- Autographs.
- Statehood (American politics)
- Persons:
- Brown, Joseph Renshaw, 1805-1870.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Constitutions.
- Minnesota -- Officials and employees -- Autographs.
- Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1849-1858.
- Minnesota Territory.
- Document Types:
- Constitutions -- Minnesota.
- Territorial records -- Minnesota.