A calendar of documents is available in the finding aid.

An individual name search of the series calendars for Territorial Governor's Records can be done through the "RG2" database .

The document '1804: Memorial, To the Honorable Cato West...' is No. 22 in Douglas C. McMurtrie's a bibliography of Mississippi imprints, 1798-1830.

The document '1817: By David Holmes,' is No. 106 in Douglas C. McMurtrie's a bibliography of Mississippi imprints, 1798-1830.

A very comprehensive collection of loose papers pertaining to all aspects of the administration of the Mississippi Territory. Although the collection has been generally considered to be a compilation of the correspondence of the territorial governors, the range of materials could be more accurately described as the series title denotes, "Administration Papers." Many of the papers pertain to the workings of the territorial government (i.e., the duties of the governor, the legislature, the military and the courts as well as early county governments and individuals' affairs), and touch upon most of the important themes in the government: Indian relationships and lands; adjacent U.S. territories, particularly Louisiana; allegiance to the United States and duty to its service; safe travel and trade for citizens.

Among these papers are: messages to the Legislature from the Governor; proclamations, circulars and publications of the Governor; reports of Legislative Council proceedings; resolutions, bills; reports of the Auditor and Treasurer; court papers (affidavits, depositions, petitions for reconsideration or leniency); petitions; reports of county affairs; commissions, appointments, resignations, oaths; military orders, lists of enrolled men; U.S. government directives and correspondence.

Most of the correspondence is incoming, that is, addressed to the governor. However, there is some outgoing correspondence, particularly regarding appointments and messages to the Legislature.

There are a number of undated items - these have been approximately dated in that they are assigned to a particular governor's administration. Please note that the undated items are not listed as such in the series listing, with the understanding that there are some such items in each governor's administration. The document numbering is fairly consistent, with "a," "b," and so forth usually denoting a relationship between items; however, this is not always the case.

Cite as: Series 488: Administration Papers.

Forms part of: Territorial Governor's Records (RG 2).

Zoomify JPEG files, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, [2012]. Documents scanned as TIFF files then converted to Zoomify JPEG files.

Mode of access: Internet browser.