Government Records
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.
Arranged alphabetically by topic; thereunder chronologically within each folder.
Accession numbers: None
Catalog ID No.: 1713249
Requests and petitions for appointments.
Requests and petitions for appointments.
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.
For notary public and commissioner of deeds.
Letters relating to land, mail routes, and financial affairs from the General Land Office, the Post Office Department, and the Treasury Department.
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).
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.
To Thomas A. Hendricks, General Land Office commissioner.
To establish election precincts in Le Sueur County, Kandiyohi County, and Holmes City.
From various states.