MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL ARCHIVES: TERRITORIAL
GOVERNOR: MEDARY, SAMUEL:
An Inventory of the Records of Territorial Governor Samuel Medary at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Governor (1857-1858 : Medary). | |
| Title: | Records of Territorial Governor Samuel Medary, | |
| Dates: | 1856-1858. | |
| Abstract: | Subject files, correspondence, appointments, petitions, and requests for return of fugitives. | |
| Quantity: | 0.25 cubic feet (12 folders in partial box). |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Subject files and correspondence of territorial governor Medary, including territorial officers' appointments and commissions, petitions, and requests from other states for return of fugitives. Letters received and sent address the following topics: concerns of federal civilian agencies, Indian and military affairs, and other territorial affairs.
ARRANGEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited volume and page or item and folder title here]. Minnesota. Governor (1858 : Medary). Records of Territorial Governor Samuel Medary. Minnesota Historical Society. State Archives.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None
Processing Information:
Catalog ID No.: 1713249
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 115.I.19.9B | Appointments: commissioner of Deeds, 1857. | ||||||||||
| Requests and petitions for appointments. | |||||||||||
| Appointments: Notary Public, 1856-1857. | |||||||||||
| Requests and petitions for appointments. | |||||||||||
| Appointments: Other Territorial Offices, 1857. 9 items. | |||||||||||
| Requests for appointment and letters of resignation for commissioner of lands, auctioneer, register of deeds, judge of probate, sheriff, surveyor general, and Minnesota Supreme Court reporter. | |||||||||||
| Commissions, 1857. 9 items. | |||||||||||
| For notary public and commissioner of deeds. | |||||||||||
| Document Transmittals, Receipts, and Requests, 1857. 22 items. | |||||||||||
| Letters Received: Federal Civilian Agencies, 1857. 7 items. | |||||||||||
| Letters relating to land, mail routes, and financial affairs from the General Land Office, the Post Office Department, and the Treasury Department. | |||||||||||
| Letters Received: Indian and Military Affairs, 1857. 16 items. | |||||||||||
| Letters and reports relating to Indian affairs from Joseph R. Brown, the commanders at Fort Snelling and Fort Ridgely, the War Department, the Office of Indian Affairs, Charles E. Flandreau, Captain James Starkey of the St. Paul Light Cavalry, and the territorial attorney general. Also, a draft drawn by the governor to pay for the rescue of female captives (October 12). | |||||||||||
| Letters Received: Other Territorial Affairs, 1857. 3 items. | |||||||||||
| Letter from H. M. Rice accepting election as a U.S. senator, a request for information about a notary public commission, and a certified copy of a bill to incorporate the Minnesota Central Railroad Company. | |||||||||||
| Letters Sent, 1857. 1 item. | |||||||||||
| To Thomas A. Hendricks, General Land Office commissioner. | |||||||||||
| Petitions, 1857-1858. 3 items. | |||||||||||
| To establish election precincts in Le Sueur County, Kandiyohi County, and Holmes City. | |||||||||||
| Requests for Return of Fugitives, 1857. 4 items. | |||||||||||
| From various states. | |||||||||||
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:
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1789-1869.
- Civil-military relations -- Minnesota.
- Extraditions -- Minnesota.
- Federal government -- Minnesota.
- Places:
- Minnesota Territory.
- Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1849-1858.
- Minnesota -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
- Persons:
- Medary, S. (Samuel), 1801-1864.
- Types of Documents:
- Petitions -- Minnesota.
- Territorial records -- Minnesota.
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