MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL ARCHIVES: TERRITORIAL TREASURER:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Treasurer. | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1851-1857. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | County tax bills (1851-1857), governor's orders (1855-1857), territorial bond (1857), historical society appropriation (1857) and general personnel (1853-1857) receipts, reimbursement certificates for constitutional convention expenses (1857), and report to the legislature (1853). | |
| Quantity: | 0.1 cubic feet (7 folders). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Treasurer. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None; 985-143
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001713245
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 115.I.19.11B | County Tax Bills, 1851-1857. | ||||||||||
| A record of taxes paid by individual counties to the territorial government. | |||||||||||
| Governor’s Orders, 1855-1857. | |||||||||||
| Payment orders from the governor relating to two topics: establishment and operation of the Commissioner of Emigration position (1855-1856) and payment to those who procured the release of certain female captives in bondage among the Indians (1857). | |||||||||||
| Territorial Bonds, 1857. | |||||||||||
| Bond numbers 6-9; held by William H. English. Issued by the territorial treasurer to defray expenses of the 1857 extra session. Redeemed September 8, 1860. | |||||||||||
| Receipts, 1857. 2 items. | |||||||||||
| Both pertain to the Minnesota Historical Society’s appropriation. | |||||||||||
| Receipts, 1853-1857. | |||||||||||
| Assorted receipts for personnel services. | |||||||||||
| Constitutional Convention Certificates, August 1857. | |||||||||||
| The majority authorize travel expense reimbursement for convention employees and delegates and for printer’s bills, particularly for the debates and proceedings of the convention and for a German language version of the constitution. | |||||||||||
| Treasurer’s Report to the Territorial Legislature, 1853. 1 item. | |||||||||||
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.
- Constitutional conventions -- Minnesota.
- Taxation, State -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota Historical Society -- Appropriations and expenditures.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1849-1858.
- Minnesota Territory.
- Document Types:
- Bonds (legal records) -- Minnesota.
- Executive orders -- Minnesota.
- Territorial records -- Minnesota.
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