gr00509.xml Secretary of State: An Inventory of Its Official Letters, Communications, and Railroad Liens at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
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Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, January 2012. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Secretary of State. Official letters, communications, and railroad liens. 1856-1942. Materials in English. Records of and indexes to documents received for filing in the secretary of state's office, including city charters, certificates of incorporation for villages, notices of village charter amendments, appointments and resignations of state officers, notices of election, oaths of office, attorney general's opinions, governor's proclamations and vetoes, reports of state officers, railroad liens, maps, services of process, and applications for trademark registration (1893-1900). 5.25 cu. ft. (4 boxes and 3 partial boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Some documents were recorded (copied) in the Books of Official Letters, Communications, and Railroad Liens, and others were filed. The indexes refer to both files and record books.

 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: Attorneys general's opinions -- Minnesota. Elections -- Minnesota. Municipal charters -- Minnesota. Municipal incorporation -- Minnesota. Oaths -- Minnesota. Process (Law) -- Minnesota. Railroad liens -- Minnesota. Trademarks -- Minnesota. Veto -- Minnesota. Places: Minnesota -- Officials and employees -- Appointment, qualifications, tenure, etc. Document Types: Charters -- Minnesota. Maps -- Minnesota. Oaths -- Minnesota. Proclamations -- Minnesota. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Secretary of State. Official Letters, Communications, and Railroad Liens. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: None; 2010-38

 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).

Catalog ID number: 001710403

 RELATED MATERIAL

These records may also be referred to in other series of Secretary of State records as O.L.&C.

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 112.E.4.8F-2 Indexes, 1858-1917. 2 volumes. 123.H.10.5B-1 Official letters, communications, and railroad liens:

Copies of documents sent by, or received for filing in the Secretary of State’s Office.

 Volume 1, 1858-1879. 1 volume.

Indexed under the following categories: letters, notices, resolutions, appointments and notices of elections, memorials of joint resolutions, commissions, immigration, miscellaneous, and certificates of purpose of incorporation. Includes affidavits of publications; commitments to the Iowa Insane Asylum; articles of incorporation; resolutions; memorials such as establishment of mail service; donation of lands and money to aid in railroad construction; removal of Winnebago Indians; compensation for losses by Indian depredations; commission to investigate the management of Indian affairs; extension of the pension law of 1861-1862 to the sufferers of the "Sioux Raid"; State Seal; joint resolutions endorsing Andrew Johnson’s impeachment; appointments and resignations of officials; notices of elections.

112.F.11.5B Volumes 2-4, 1879-1900. 3 volumes.

Volumes 3 and 4 include trade mark applications.

 Volume 5 contains only trade mark applications and is housed with the separately cataloged Secretary of State: Trademark records. 112.F.11.6F Volume 6, 1900-1910. 1 volume. Volume 7 contains only trade mark applications and is housed with the separately cataloged Secretary of State: Trademark records. 112.F.11.7B Volume 8, 1910-1942. 1 volume. 112.A.17.3B Miscellaneous unnumbered letters and documents, 1856-1916. 2 folders. Railroad letters and documents, 1857-1860, 1867 (bulk 1858-1859). 2 folders.

Communications addressed to the governor concerning mortgages and trust deeds, issuance of state construction bonds, reports and certifications of construction work done, and nonpayment by railroads of various financial obligations (especially for rights-of-way).

Official letters and documents, undated.

Listed as miscellaneous in the indexes.

 Nos. 1-322. 112.A.17.4F Nos. 323-1079.