terr07 MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL ARCHIVES Territorial Governor: An Inventory of the Records of Territorial Governor Samuel Medary at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by state archives staff. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Government Records

 Finding aid encoded by Lyda Morehouse, December 27, 2001.Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE RECORDS Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Governor (1857-1858 : Medary). Records of territorial governor Samuel Medary, 1856-1858. Subject files, correspondence, appointments, petitions, and requests for return of fugitives. 0.25 cu. ft. (12 folders in partial box). 115.I.19.9B SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE 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.

 ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECORDS

Arranged alphabetically by topic; thereunder chronologically within each folder.

 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. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited volume and page or item and folder title here]. Minnesota Territorial Archives. Records of territorial governor Samuel Medary. Minnesota Historical Society. State Archives.

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 Accession Information:

Accession number(s): none

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID No.: RLIN ID No.: MNHV90-A1173

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION 115.I.19.9B Appointments: commissioner of Deeds, 1857. 1 folder.

Requests and petitions for appointments.

 Appointments: Notary Public, 1856-1857. 1 folder.

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 (Oct. 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 LeSueur County, Kandiyohi County, and Holmes City.

 Requests for Return of Fugitives, 1857. 4 items.

From various states.