gr00412.xml Minnesota Territorial Archives: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, November 2011. Finding aid written in English. December 2011 Digital objects from this material scanned, formated, and updated by Christopher G. Welter. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Miscellaneous records. 1851, 1857. Materials in English. 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). 3 oversize folders and 2 items in Reserve. See Detailed Description for shelf location. CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics 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. Organizations: Minnesota Territory. Places: Minnesota -- Constitutions. Minnesota -- Officials and employees -- Autographs. Document Types: Constitutions -- Minnesota. Territorial records -- Minnesota. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

Access to and use of reserve materials requires the permission of the State Archives staff.

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. 1 folder; photocopy. + Res. 8 Autographs of the territorial officers, congressional delegate and members of the second legislative assembly, February 26, 1851. 1 folder.

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 126.J.3.3 Signers of the Democratic and Republican versions of the state constitution, 1857. 1 folder; photocopy. + Res. 8 Signers of the Democratic and Republican versions of the state constitution, 1857. 1 folder.

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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, Decmeber 22, 1857.