Memorial of a Convention of Delegates of Mississippi Territory, 1817
Scope and Contents
Report of the committee to whom was referred a memorial of a convention of delegates from fifteen counties in the Mississippi Territory, praying that the said territory may be admitted as a state entire and without division; accompanied with a bill for the admission of the people of the Mississippi Territory into the Union, &c. January 17, 1817. Read, and ordered to be printed.
[Washington, D.C. : William A. Davis, 1817]. 7 p. Shaw 42725
Includes (p. 6-7) a letter from Josiah Meigs, dated General Land Office, 13th January, 1817, enclosing a "statement of the quantity of land sold in the Mississippi Territory from the opening of the land offices to the 30th September, 1816."
Question of whether to admit Mississippi as one state or two.
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Dates
- Creation: 1817
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Extent
From the Collection: 1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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