Missouri State Archives
Finding Aid 3.7
Office of Governor
Thomas Reynolds, 1840-1844
Abstract: Records (1840-1844) of Governor Thomas Reynolds (1796-1844), including appointments, correspondence, petitions, and state bonds.
Extent: 0.8 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Physical Description: Paper
Location: Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City Missouri
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions: No special restrictions.
Publication Restrictions: Copyright is in the public domain. Items reproduced for publication should carry the credit line: Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives.
Preferred Citation: [Item description], [date]; Thomas Reynolds, 1840-1844; Office of Governor, Record Group 3.7; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
Processing Information: Processing completed by Becky Carlson, Local Records Field Archivist, on March 11, 1996.
Historical and Biographical Notes
Thomas Reynolds (D) was a native of Kentucky but moved to Illinois as a young man. While there, he practiced law and was elected as a state representative then attorney general, circuit court judge, and finally chief justice of the supreme court of Illinois. In 1829, he moved to Fayette, Missouri, and soon was elected as representative from Howard County in 1832 and was immediately chosen as Speaker of the House. After his term, he was a circuit court judge and then was elected as the seventh governor of Missouri in 1840. As governor, he held limited-government views and abolished the practice of imprisoning debtors. While in office, he committed suicide on February 9, 1844, the reason given as the "slanders and abuse" of his political opponents.
Timeline
1796 Mar 12 |
Born in Bracken County, Kentucky, to Nathaniel and Catherine Vernon Reynolds |
1822-1825 |
Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court |
1823 Sep 02 |
Married Eliza Ann Young in Fayette County, Kentucky |
1829 |
Moved to Fayette, Howard County, Missouri |
1832 |
Elected to Missouri House of Representatives and chosen Speaker of the House |
1840 |
Elected as the seventh Governor of the State of Missouri |
1844 Feb 09 |
Committed suicide in his office at the executive mansion |
Additional Descriptive Information
Bibliography
McCandless, Perry, "Reynolds, Thomas (1796-1844)," in Dictionary of Missouri Biography (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1999), pp. 646-647.
Official Manual of the State of Missouri (Jefferson City, MO: Office of Secretary of State, legislative years 1963-64), pp. 2, 7-8.
Smith, T. Berry, "Thomas Reynolds," in The Messages and Proclamations of the Governors of the State of Missouri, Vol. I (Columbia, MO: The State Historical Society of Missouri, 1922), pp. 441-447.
Series
Records of Governor Thomas Reynolds, 1840-1844
Scope and Content
Political appointment and commission requests make up the majority of the collection. Correspondence relates to the attempted assassination of former Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, the Mormon War, the Iowa Border War, Missouri politics, state lines and borders, term limitations, and slavery. Abolitionists Dr. Richard Eells and Alanson Work are mentioned in the correspondence, including a copy of the indictment against the former and a petition from the wife and son (composer Henry Clay Work) of the latter.
Container List
Location |
Box |
Folder |
Date |
Contents |
Image |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
1 |
1840 Nov 19 |
Sterling Price, Speaker of the House; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
2 |
1840 Dec 07 |
Sterling Price, Speaker of the House; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
3 |
1840 Dec 21 |
Petition from Citizens of Ralls County; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
4 |
1841 Jan 08 |
Petition from Citizens of Caldwell County; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
5 |
1841 Mar 06 |
Martin Van Buren, US President; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
6 |
1841 Mar 11 |
James C. Cochran; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
7 |
1841 Mar 19 |
Daniel Webster, US Secretary of State; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
8 |
1841 May 17 |
F. Pfeiffer; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
9 |
1841 Jun 12 |
John Whitehead; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
10 |
1841 Jun 17 |
John H. Griscom, New York Lyceum; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
11 |
1841 Jul 30 |
Samuel Akerly, President, New York Institution for the Blind; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
12 |
1841 Jul 13 |
Daniel Webster, US Secretary of State; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
13 |
1841 Sep 10 |
W. H. Johnstons, Platte City; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
14 |
1841 Oct 14 |
Walter Forward, US Secretary of State; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
15 |
1841 Nov 10 |
Walter Forward, US Secretary of Treasury |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
16 |
1841 Dec 13 |
City Council of Alexandria, Virginia; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
17 |
1841 Jul 15 |
Lewis Robion, Howard County; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
18 |
1842 Feb 15 |
John Heard, City of Jefferson; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
19 |
1842 Feb 21 |
New York Memorial of Merchants |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
20 |
1842 Feb 24 |
Joseph Laurie, Boonville; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
21 |
1842 Mar 19 |
L. F. Linn, US Senator from Washington City, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
22 |
1842 Mar 22 |
M. W. Hopkins, St. Louis; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
23 |
1842 Apr 15 |
B. W. Levins, Cooper County; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
24 |
1842 May 17 |
Charles B. Fallenstein, Glasgow, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
25 |
1842 Jun 01 |
R. B. Peck, St. Louis |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
26 |
1842 Jul 27 |
Willard Borden, Independence, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
27 |
1842 Aug 07 |
Charles B. Fallenstein, Glasgow, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
28 |
1842 Aug 24 |
S. H. Whipple, Warsaw, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
29 |
1842 Sep 23 |
Isaac Gilstray, Adair County, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
30 |
1842 Oct 14 |
E. T. Denison, Lenneus, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
31 |
1842 Nov 23 |
Sterling Price, Speaker of the House; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
32 |
1842 Nov 27 |
Ernest Heeringer, Louisville, Kentucky; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
33 |
1842 Nov 29 |
William Horn, Columbia, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
34 |
1842 Dec 05 |
Carlos Cobb, Rochester, New York; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
35 |
1842 Dec 08 |
Sterling Price, Speaker of the House; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
36 |
1842 Dec 23 |
W. Halliburton, Bloomington, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
37 |
1842 Dec 23 |
M. M. Marmaduke; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
38 |
1842 Dec 23 |
Cyrus Stark, Assistant Secretary of Missouri Senate; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
39 |
1842 Dec 29 |
Daniel Webster, US Secretary of State; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
40 |
1843 Jan 04 |
C. C. Campbell, St. Louis; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
41 |
1843 Jan 12 |
John Ferrall, St. Louis; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
42 |
1843 Feb 06 |
J. A. Richardson, Monticello, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
43 |
1843 Feb 11 |
A. Fristol, Georgetown, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
44 |
1843 Feb |
A. W. Alexander, Osage County; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
45 |
1843 Feb 27 |
J. A. Richardson; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
46 |
1843 Feb 30 |
Ernest Heeringen, Louisville, Kentucky; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
47 |
1843 Mar 11 |
Thomas B. Hudson, St. Louis; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
48 |
1843 Apr 19 |
G. Washington Warren, Secretary for the Bunker Hill Monument Committee; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
49 |
1843 May 02 |
Daniel Dunklin, Maje, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
50 |
1843 Jul 11 |
William Redenbaum, Liberty, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
51 |
1843 Aug 15 |
T. B. Waheman, American Institute of the City of New York; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
52 |
1843 Oct 23 |
Jackson McWilliams, Union, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
53 |
1843 Dec 21 |
John W. Kelly, Oregon, Missouri; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
54 |
1843 Dec 26 |
Thomas Nelson, Monroe County; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
55 |
1844 Jan 01 |
Anson G. Phelps, President of New York Institute for the Blind; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
56 |
1841-1842 |
State Auditor Correspondence: State's Debt, State Costs, State Bonds, Revenue Collections, Auditor's Report |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
57 |
1840-1844 |
Applications and Recommendations |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
58 |
1840-1844 |
Applications and Recommendations |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
59 |
1841-1843 |
Gov. Yell of Arkansas, 1841; Isaac Elvin, Adair County, 1843; James H. Relfe, US Senator from Caledonia, Missouri, 1843; |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
60 |
1841-1842 |
Missouri Militia Correspondence |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1844 Jan 13 |
Letter from Levi Williams, Illinois to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo.. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1843 Aug 3 |
Letter from L. B. Fleak, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1843 Mar 21 |
Letter from L. B. Fleak, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1843 Mar 4 |
Letter from L. B. Fleak, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1843 Jan 2 |
Tho. W. Jacobs, Grundy County, Mo to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Dec 5 |
Letter from L. B. Fleak, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Oct 7 |
Letter from L. B. Fleak, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Oct 5 |
Letter from L. B. Fleak, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Oct 5 |
Letter from H. B. Whetset to L. B. Fleak, Iowa |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Oct 5 |
Letter from L. B. Fleak, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Sep 10 |
Letter from L. B. Fleak, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Sep 4 |
Letter from George Miller, St. Louis, Mo to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Aug 12 |
Letter from D. Kilbourn, Iowa to L. B. Fleak, Iowa |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Aug 14 |
Letter from L. B. Fleak, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Aug 9 |
Letter from Col. Horner, Randolph County to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Aug 8 |
Letter from L. B. Fleak, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
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Letter from L. B. Fleak, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 May 14 |
Letter from D. W. Kilbourn, Iowa to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 May 16 |
Letter from S. D. Lucas to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 May 13 |
Letter from Citizens of Jackson County to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo. |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1841 Jul 11 |
Letter from Edward Smith, Pennsylvania to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1842 Jan 10 |
Letter from General H. G. Parks, Richmond to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1841 June 14 |
Letter from Secretary of State Minor, Jefferson City, Mo to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1841 Jul 7 |
Letter from A.V. B. Orr, Pennsylvania to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1841 Mar 21 |
Letter from John Corrill, Quincy, Illinois |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1841 Feb 20 |
Letter from Lyman Cowdery, Ohio to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1841 Feb 4 |
Letter from D. H. Johnson, Mississippi to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
61 |
1841 Nov 18 |
Letter from Ed. D. Smith, New Jersey to Governor Reynolds, Jefferson City, Mo |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
62 |
1841-1844 |
Thomas Hudson, et al, for Mattlock, 1841; John Layton, Perry County, Petition for His Son James, 1843; John Layton, 1843, Pardon for James; Aurelia D. Work and Henry C. Work, 1844, Petition for Husband and Father, Mr. [Alanson] Work, an Abolitionist |
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1B/1/1 |
2 |
63 |
1840 Dec |
Warren County Special Election, 05 Dec 1840; Platte County Special Election, 26 Dec 1840 |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
1 |
1840-1843 |
A. P. Bagby, Governor of Alabama, 1840, Tariff; Alabama State Supreme Court Decision, 1841; William Garrett, Secretary of State of Alabama, 1841, Tariff Resolutions; Ben Fitzpatrick, 1842, Federal Land Payments Act; Joint Resolutions, Alabama State Legislature, 1843, Slavery and State Debts |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
2 |
1841-1843 |
Resolutions of Connecticut Legislature: One Term for US President, Tariff Duties, Bankruptcy Act and West Point Academy; Noah A. Phelps, Secretary of State of Connecticut, Geology Report; Resolutions of Connecticut Legislature, 1843: West Point Academy, French Spoilation, Tariff and Franking Privilege |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
3 |
1841 Feb 04 |
John A. Houston, Secretary of State of Delaware; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
4 |
1843 Feb 06 |
Resolution of State Legislature of Georgia: Negroes Not Recognized as Citizens |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
5 |
1843 |
Thomas Reynolds to Thomas Ford, Governor of Illinois, Extradition of Abolitionist; Thomas Ford, Return of Abolitionist |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
6 |
1841 Jan |
Resolutions of State Legislature of Indiana: National Road, 18 Jan 1841, Distribution of Land Revenue, 14 Jan 1841 |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
7 |
1841-1842 |
Resolutions of State Legislature of Kentucky: One Term US President, 1841; Preamble and Resolutions Concerning Repudiation of State Debts, 1842; Revolutionary War Veterans, 1842; One Term US President, 1842; Copy of Georgia's Resolutions on Repudiation of State Debts Based on Kentucky Law, 1842 |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
8 |
1843 Jun 19 |
A. Mounton; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
9 |
1841 Apr |
Joint Resolution of Maine Legislature, 15 Apr 1841; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
10 |
1842 Mar 21 |
John C. Legrand, Secretary of State of Maryland; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
11 |
1841-1843 |
Correspondence, Massachusetts |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
12 |
1841-1842 |
Resolutions, 06 Feb 1841, |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
13 |
1843 Jun 26 |
Henry Hubbard; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
14 |
1842-1843 |
Resolution, 18 May 1842, Tariff; W. Pennington, Governor of New Jersey, 15 Mar 1843, Resolution Opposed to Repudiation of Debts |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
15 |
1841-1842 |
William Seward, Secretary of State of New York, 29 Feb 1841, Public Lands; Announcements of the Death of the President of the US, William H. Harrison, 10 Apr 1841; Series of Resolutions, April 1841, Death of William H. Harrison; William Seward, Secretary of State of New York, 06 May 1842, Franking Privilege |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
16 |
1844 Apr 29 |
Commissioners of Ohio Canal Fund; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
17 |
1841 Jan 30 |
David R. Pater, Secretary of State of Pennsylvania; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
18 |
1841-1842 |
Resolutions, 10 Feb 1841, Public Lands, Sub-Treasury and a National Bank; Resolution, 01 Jul 1841, One Term US President; Resolution, Feb 1842, Same Day for Electors to Choose President of US; Thomas W. Dorr, Governor of Rhode Island, 1842, Government Established |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
19 |
1840-1843 |
W. F. Arthur, Deputy Secretary of State of South Carolina, 20 Dec 1840, Transmittal of State Documents; John P. Richardson, Gov., Dec 1841, Conflict Between New York and Virginia; W. F. Arthur, 20 Dec 1841, Slavery Dispute; J. H. Hammond, 20 Dec 1843, Admission of Texas to the Union; J. H. Hammond, 20 Dec 1843, Repudiation of State Debt |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
20 |
1842 Feb 15 |
James C. Jones; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
21 |
1841 Nov |
Charles Paine; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
22 |
1841-1843 |
T. W. Allen, 25 Mar 1842, Establishment of University System; Copy of Bill, 08 Oct 1843, Altering Board of Curators; Appointment of Board of Curators, 02 Nov 1841; Lathrop, University President, 1842, Composition of the Board; W. H. Duncan, 18 Sep 1841, William Shields as Curator |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
23 |
1842 Aug 29 |
Edward S. Chouteau; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
24 |
1841 Feb 03 |
James H. Waldon; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
25 |
1843 Jul 11 |
James Baskett; |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
26 |
1843 |
Bonds, Refund Money Advanced to State |
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1B/1/1 |
3 |
27 |
1843 |
Building of Warehouse for Tobacco within |
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