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26. Bill of sale for Slye family slave, Rehoboth, Massachusetts

Creator:
Wheeten, Tabatha
Date Created:
1722-03-21
Description:
Bill of Sale for a slave named London, sold by Tabatha Wheeten to Nathaniel Willmarth in 1722 in the County of Bristol, Massachusetts bay, New England. Willmarth was the great grandfather of an uncle by marriage to Elisha Slye, only survivor of a family which came to Minneapolis in 1856.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Receipts (financial records)

27. Vow formula written by Mother Benedicta Riepp, OSB, foundress of the Bavarian branch of American Benedictine Sisters

Creator:
Riepp, Mother Benedicta
Date Created:
1846
Description:
Orgins of St. Benedict's Monastery (convent). Mother Benedicta (Sybilla) Riepp was born in Waal, Bavaria in 1825. Having entered St. Walburg Convent in Bavaria, she made her profession of vows there at the age of 21. Six years later, she was one of the first volunteers to go to America to teach the children of the German immigrants. She was appointed the superior of that first group and is, therefore, regarded as the foundress of the Bavarian branch of Benedictine Sisters in America. Though of slight and delicate build and barely able to meet the challenges of frontier life in Pennsylvania, Mother Benedicta was strong in her determination to follow the German immigrants to the farther mid-western frontier which later became the state of Minnesota. Her legacy to the American foundations was her steadfast effort to achieve autonomy for her sisters in America. Because he took responsibility for the sisters' coming to the New World, Abbot Boniface Wimmer, OSB, felt he had jurisdiction over them and often determined internal affairs of the convents, including accepting candidates and appointing superiors. Mother Benedicta returned to Europe to have their cause for autonomy presented to Rome. Eventually her efforts succeeded, but broken in health, she returned to America--to St. Cloud, Minnesota--where she died of tuberculosis at the age of 33. She is buried in the cemetery at St. Benedict's Monastery, St. Joseph. General translation of Mother Benedicta's vow formula at St. Walburg Convent, Bavaria: I, Sister Maria Ana Benedicta, promise before God and his Saints, Stability, and Conversion of my morals, Obedience, Poverty and Chastity according to the Rule of Saint Benedict and the Statutes of this Monastery, which was constructed in honor of Saint Walburga, Virgin, in the presence of Reverend Mother (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 8, 14-19, 49).
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Text
Format:
Notes

28. Message from the Governor of the Territory of Minnesota, to the first Legislative Assembly : September 4, 1849

Date Created:
1849
Description:
Outlines Ramsey's vision of government in Minnesota, touching on virtually every conceivable phase and aspect of the state. Identifies progress already achieved, what is in progress and what is yet to come.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Speeches

29. Constitution of the United States

Creator:
United States Constitutional Convention
Date Created:
1849 - 1853
Description:
United States Constitution in effect from 1849 to 1853.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Revisor of Statutes
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

30. Rules of court Filed by the clerk in in [sic] open court...

Creator:
Minnesota Territorial Court
Date Created:
1849-08-13
Description:
These are the handwritten first Rules of Court for the Minnesota Territory, as recorded by Harvey Wilson, District Court clerk in Stillwater, St. Croix County, Minnesota Territory on August 13, 1849.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Documents (other)

31. Acts, Joint Resolutions and Memorials passed by the First Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota

Creator:
Legislative Assembly, Territory of Minnesota
Date Created:
1850
Description:
First territorial session laws in Minnesota, from September 3, 1849 to November 1, 1849. Published in 1850.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Revisor of Statutes
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

32. Letter from M. J. Ross from Lebanon Junction, Kentucky

Creator:
Ross, M. J.
Date Created:
1850 - 1900
Description:
Mrs. Alexander Ross (M. J. Ross) wrote this undated letter from Kingston to her cousin. She mentions her family and their health. The top portion of this letter is missing.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

33. Dakota tawoonspe, wowapi II (Dakota lessons, book II)

Creator:
Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883
Date Created:
1850?
Description:
Dakota language (Santee dialect) primary reader for children, in a variety of type styles with woodcuts. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: PM1024.R6 D6
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

34. Minnesota Year Book for 1851

Creator:
Le Duc, W.G.
Date Created:
1851
Description:
Travel guide and miscellanea useful to recent immigrants to Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

35. Session Laws of the Territory of Minnesota passed by the Legislative Assembly at the session commencing Wednesday, January 1, 1851

Creator:
Legislative Assembly, Territory of Minnesota
Date Created:
1851
Description:
Early territorial session laws in Minnesota, from January 1, 1851 to March 31, 1851. Published in 1851.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Revisor of Statutes
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

36. Minnesota Year Book for 1852

Creator:
Le Duc, W.G.
Date Created:
1852
Description:
Travel guide and miscellanea useful to recent immigrants to Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

37. Session Laws of the Territory of Minnesota passed by the Legislative Assembly at the session commencing Wednesday, January 7, 1852

Creator:
Legislative Assembly, Territory of Minnesota
Date Created:
1852
Description:
Early territorial session laws in Minnesota, from January 7, 1852 to March 6, 1852. Published in 1852.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Revisor of Statutes
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

38. Ashley Crowl Riggs Ledger Book, 1852-1873, Minnesota

Creator:
Riggs, Ashley Crowl, 1828-1907
Date Created:
1852 - 1873
Description:
Ashley C. Riggs kept a ledger book journal from 1852-1873. The earliest entries are from Cold Spring (Stearns County), Minnesota and Watab (Benton County), Minnesota. The ledger's earliest entries record his activiites as an Indian Agent for the Winnnebago Indians for the years 1852-1853. The second portion of the ledger is Riggs' diary which documents his activities in and around Monticello, Minnesota for the years 1864-1873. Riggs was a key figure in the development of the Minnesota Territory and early Monticello, Minnesota community when he laid claim in 1854 to a piece of land on the Mississippi River. He built othe first ferry to shuttle people across the River. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Contributing Institution:
Cold Spring Area Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Ledgers (account books)

39. Collated Statutes of the Territory of Minnesota and Decisions of Supreme Court

Creator:
Legislative Assembly, Territory of Minnesota, by resolution of March 5, 1853
Date Created:
1853
Description:
First compiled territorial statutes in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Revisor of Statutes
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

40. Minnesota Year Book for 1853

Date Created:
1853
Description:
Travel guide and miscellanea useful to recent immigrants to Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

41. Baldwin School Requirements and Prohibitions handbill, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Neill, Edward Duffield, 1823-1893
Date Created:
1853 - 1885
Description:
Small handbill listing seven requirements and four prohibitions of the Baldwin school. There is a space for a signature, showing the student "assents to the above requirements and prohibitions."
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Text
Format:
Bulletins

42. Baldwin School Addresses, St. Paul, Minnesota Territory

Creator:
Baldwin School
Date Created:
1854
Description:
Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of the Edifice of the Preparatory Department, of the Baldwin School, Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory; And Catalogue for 1853. There are colored pencil notations in the booklet.
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

43. Baldwin School and College of Saint Paul Catalogues, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Baldwin School
Date Created:
1854
Description:
Catalogues of the Baldwin School, and the Academic Department of the College of Saint Paul, Minnesota. MDCCCLIV. The catalogues have information on trustees, instructors, pupils, and a statement and general plan for the College of Saint Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

44. Rare envelope containing "Rock Bend" in address; sent to Charles E. Flandrau, Rock Bend, Minnesota Territory

Date Created:
1854?
Description:
The community of St. Peter was initially, and for a very brief time, known as Rock Bend, a name taken because of the presence of a sharp bend in the course of the Minnesota River on the east side of the settlement. The name was used probably from late in 1853 until sometime in 1854. The envelope shown here, addressed to Charles E. Flandrau (1828-1903), who was living in the area at the time, is one of only a few objects that survived with the name "Rock Bend" on it. Flandrau, himself, became a very prominent resident of the State of Minnesota. Among many other duties during his lifetime, he commanded the defenders of New Ulm in August of 1862 and later served on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

45. Rise and Progress of Minnesota Territory

Creator:
Emerson, C. L.
Date Created:
1855
Description:
Demographic, business and industrial information of the Minnesota Territory prior to Statehood
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

46. "A Minnesota Ballad," by Sam Whiting

Creator:
Whiting, Sam, 1815-1882
Date Created:
1856
Description:
A poem celebrating the State of Minnesota by Boston-born sailor Captain Sam Whiting. Whiting was the editor of a Winona, Minnesota newspaper, The Winona Republican, in 1855-1856.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Poems

47. A Bill for the Removal of the Capitol of the Territory or Future State of Minnesota, and for other purposes

Creator:
Minnesota Territorial Legislature
Date Created:
1857
Description:
This document contains the text of a bill that was passed by the Minnesota Territorial Legislature in 1857 to transfer the capital of Minnesota from St. Paul to St. Peter. This document has been determined to have been written at that time, but it is most likely a working copy of the document that was passed by the legislature. Joseph Rolette, a member of the legislature who was opposed to the transfer of the capitol, disappeared with the original bill and failed to return it in time for it to be properly signed by Territorial Governor Willis Gorman, who had, in the meantime, signed a copy of the document that Rolette had taken. Governor Gorman's action was declared to be illegal by a Judge R. R. Nelson, thus ending the attempt to move the capitol.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Statutes

48. The debates and proceedings of the Minnesota Constitutional convention including the organic act of the territory : with the enabling act of Congress, the act of the territorial legislature relative to the convention, and the vote of the people on the constitution

Creator:
Smith, Francis H.
Date Created:
1857
Description:
This volume contains the debates, etc., of the Democratic section of the Minnesota Constitutional convention. The Democratic and the Republican sections of the convention met separately. The constitution finally adopted was the work of a joint committee. This volume is 685 pages and was printed by E. S. Goodrich, territorial printer.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

49. Gorman Park Deed of Conveyance, St. Peter Company to The Public, St. Peter, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Peter Company
Date Created:
1857-01-06
Description:
The St. Peter Company, which helped to promote and establish the community of St. Peter, conveyed to the town's residents through this document the land for a large park. The park is known as Gorman Park, and was named after Territorial Governor Willis A. Gorman, who was a member of the St. Peter Company. The document is dated January 6th, 1857.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Broadsides (notices)

50. Records of the Count Commissioners of the County of Waseca, Minnesota

Creator:
Waseca County Board of Commissioners
Date Created:
1857-02
Description:
More than 350 pages of the first meeting minutes of the Waseca County Board of Commissioners beginning in 1857. Contains the names of officials and the minutes noting the organization of towns, townships, school districts, elections; 335 actual handwritten pages, 25 blank pages, (pp. 341 and 342 are missing); page size: 7 3/4"" x 10 1/2"" handwritten.
Contributing Institution:
Waseca County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)
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