(BOOK E) EARLY TIMES IN NATCHEZ DISTRICT AND MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY: Laws of Early Mississippi Territory, signed by Winthrop Sargent, Peter Bryan Bruin, and Daniel Tilton.

• A law for regulating gaols and prisons, April 12, 1799
• A law regulating marriages, February 28, 1799
• A law respecting Crimes and Punishment, February 28, 1799
• Law respecting Oaths of Office, February 28, 1799
• Law concerning Defalcation, February 28, 1799
• Law allowing for Domestic Attachment, April 10, 1799
• Law concerning Courthouses, etc., April 12, 1799
• Law concerning the opening and regulating of Highways, April 12, 1799
• Law for dividing Counties, etc., April 3, 1799
• Law concerning Trespassing, March 19, 1799

• Partial letter from Miro concerning the theft of horses by Choctaws, December 16, 1782, (written in French)
• Possible biography, five pages, [n.d.]
• Carlos Ximenez[?] to [s.n.] concerning George Rapalje, May 26, 1801.
• Manuel de Salvedo [?] to W. C. C. Claiborne, March 9, 1803.
• Hernando de Fran[?] to Manuel, 1786.
• Hamas[?] to Manuel Gayoso, September 14, 1804
• Hamas[?] to Manuel Gayoso, March 3, 1784
• Juan Benito de la Reape[?] to Manuel Gayoso, 1796
• Journal written on a ship, February 14, 1786
• Murmeos[?] to Manuel Gayoso, May 16, 1786
• Lintot, Bernard to Manuel Gayoso, September, 1791, with reply from Manuel Gayoso
• Copy of complaint by merchants to the King of Spain, [n.d.]
• Complaint by merchants to the King of Spain, June 20, 1797
• Copy of a memorial to the King of Spain from Panton, Leslie and Company, May 2, 1794.
• Baron de Carondelet to the Prince of Beau[?], July 1, 1797.
• Memorial presented to Casa Calvo, [n.d.]
• Order from Mariano Luis de Vaguisso concerning the “casa de Panton,” February 26, 1800

• McGillivray, Daniel to William Panton, May 24, 1800
• McGillivray, Daniel to William Panton, September 2, 1800
• Swanson, McGillivray & Company to Daniel McGillivray, 1779-1789
• McGillivray, Alexander (deceased) in account with Daniel McGillivray, 1784-1795
• McGillivray, Alexander (deceased) in account with Daniel McGillivray, 1786-1792
• McGillivray, Alexander in account with Daniel McGillivray, 1792
• Linder[?], John to Daniel McGillivray in account with, 1785
• Durant, John M. & Lochlen to Daniel McGillivray in account with, 1795-1800
• Cook, Captain in account with Daniel McGillivray, [n.d.]
• Walton, Robert to Daniel McGillivray in account with, 1797
• Tooley, William in account with Daniel McGillivray, 1798-1803
• Muriac, Samuel to Daniel McGillivray in account with, 1800
• Walton, Robert to Daniel McGillivray, 1790
• McGillivray, Daniel - unfinished and unsigned will, [n.d.]
• Two memorandum account books of Daniel McGillivray

• Memo concerning Anthony Hutchins, [n.d.]
• Request by the Committee, Anthony Hutchins, Isaac Guillard, Bernard Lintot, et al. addressed to Don Manuel Gayoso, June 22, 1797
• Request by the Committee, Anthony Hutchins, Isaac Guillard, Bernard Lintot, et al. addressed to Don Manuel Gayoso, June 22, 1797, (copy)
• Request by the Committee, Anthony Hutchins, Isaac Guillard, Bernard Lintot, et al. addressed to Don Manuel Gayoso, June 22, 1797, (copy)
• Request by the Committee, Anthony Hutchins, Isaac Guillard, Bernard Lintot, et al. addressed to Don Manuel Gayoso, June 22, 1797, (copy)
• Request by the Committee, addressed to Don Manuel Gayoso, and Gayoso’s assent to election, June 22, 1797
• Request to Baron de Carondelet from the Committee, June 22, 1797, (copy)
• Proclamation of Baron de Carondelet, June 27, 1797, (a true copy)
• Agreement to cooperate with the Committee from A. Ellicott and P.S. Pope, June 22, 1797
• Petition signed A. H. [Anthony Hutchins]to Don Manuel Gayoso (with memo by J.F.H. Claiborne attached to front page), July 21, 1798
• Benoist, Gabriel, Chairman to Isaac Guion, February 1, 1798
• Benoist, Gabriel, Chairman to Isaac Guion, [n.d.]
• Matthews, Geo., and Asher[?] Miller to the Chairman of the Permanent Committee, October 19, 1797
• Petition to the Honorable Congress of the United States of America from Cato West, William Erwin, John Bolls, et al., October 2, 1799, (copy)
• Resolutions (with corrections) of Committee, ca. 1798
• Hutchins, Anthony to Timothy Pickerson, Secretary of State, November 10, 1797
• Hutchins, Anthony to [Secretary of State], May 5, 1798
• Hutchins, Anthony to Planters, Mechanics and Labourers, August 18, 1797
• [Hutchins, Anthony to the Committee, n.d.]
• Hutchins, Anthony to Stephen Minor with Minor’s reply, August 9, 1797
• [Hutchins, Anthony] to Gentlemen of the Committee, [n.d.]
• [Hutchins, Anthony] to the Planters, Mechanics & Labourers of the Government of the Natchez, [n.d.]
• [Hutchins, Anthony] to Friends and Brethren, [n.d.]
• Ferguson, David, Daniel Douglass, Lewis Evans, et al. to Sirs, May 1, 1798
• Benoit, Gabriel, Peter R. Bruin, Isaac Guillard, et al. to the Inhabitants of the District of Natchez, February 1, 1798
• Guion, Isaac to Gentlemen, May 3, 1798
• Johnson, Isaac to Colonel Hutchins, April 17, 1799
• Bay, E. H. to Anthony Hutchins, August 2, 1800
• Bay, E. H. to Anthony Hutchins, August 9, 1801
• Bay, E. H. to Anthony Hutchins, December 17, 1802
• Bay, E. H. to George Poindexter with one page attached, June 19, 1805
• Bay, E. H. to Executors of Anthony Hutchins, September 30, 1805, with letter on verso from Isaac Johnson to Anthony Hutchins, [1799]
• [s.n.] to Dear Carthy, [n.d.]
• Vousdan, William to Anthony Hutchins, March 21, 1793
• Hutchins, Anthony to the Gentlemen Electors, August 29, 1797
• Hutchins, Anthony to Captain Pope, September 6, 1797
• Miller, John to Anthony Hutchins, May 15, 1801
• Miller, John to Anthony Hutchins, June 15, 1801
• Mather, James and Evan Jones to Anthony Hutchins, October 21, 1803
• [Hutchins, Anthony] petition to His Excellency the Governor (incomplete), [n.d.]
• Steele, John - appointment regarding Peter Walker, January 3, 1800
• Sargent, Winthrop, appointment of Peter Walker as Keeper of the Public Seal, April 2, 1801
• Wilkinson, J. A. to Peter Walker, May 4, 1799
• Indenture between Andrew Augustus Ellicott and John Walker May 6, 1801, amendment from Francis Wailer on verso
• Pickering, Tim (Department of State) to The Secretary of War, June 10, 1797, (copy)
• Ellicott, A. A., deed concerning Pedro Camus, Andrew Ellicott and Juan Walker, recorded May 14, 1801, (in Spanish)
• Ellicott, A. A. appointment to Peter Walker, January 16, 1801
• Hutchins, Anthony, Memorial to the Inhabitants of Natchez, October 12, 1797
• Order - Ellicott, A. A. to Lieutenant Pope, June 13, 1797
• Ellicott, Andrew to Isaac Guion, June 27, 1798
• Clark, Daniel to Anthony Hutchins, June 12, 1795
• Clark, Daniel concerning the execution of slaves, July 17, 1795
• Clark, Daniel to Anthony Hutchins, August 20, 1795
• Clark, Daniel to Peter Walker, July 15, 1796
• Clark, Daniel to Anthony Hutchins, (enclosed letter concerning Natchez debtors and creditors), [n.d.]
• Munsell, Levi to the Generous Public, November 25, 1796
• Undated page of historical notes concerning Winthrop Sargent
• Oath of Anthony Hutchins, January 2, 1799
• Oath of Anthony Hutchins, January 2, 1799
• Hutchins, Anthony to William Johnstone, January 25, 1799
• Hutchins, Anthony to Benjamin Farrar, September 26, 1798
• Hutchins, Anthony to Daniel Clark, June 30, 1797
• Hutchins, Anthony - Bill of Sale for slaves, January 31, 1786
• Hutchins, Anthony - deposition, [n.d.]
• Rees, Ebenezer to Anthony Hutchins - Bill of sale for slaves, November 5, 1788
• Hutchins, Anthony - memorandum of articles ordered, [n.d.]
• Hutchins, Anthony to Mr. Miller, Memorandum of sundry, [n.d.]
• Hutchins, Anthony - list of sums due him, May 11, 1791
• Miller, John to Anthony Hutchins, September 30, 1794
• Miller, John to Anthony Hutchins, September 29, 1794
• Hutchins, John - account with David Ferguson, March 1, 1799
• Hutchins, John - account with Abijah Hunt, March 10, 1803
• Hutchins, John - account with Lehman & Beaumont, 1824
• Palmer, Archibald, land grant, 1789, (in Spanish)
• Hutchins, Anthony to John Miller, January 25, 1799
• Hutchins, John - Tax Receipt, March 10, 1815
• Richardson, John & Company to Anthony Hutchins with price list (printed) included, February 6, 1805

• List of the Militia Officers of the Second Regiment with date of Commissions, August 24, 1805
• Return of the Commissioned Officers in the Second Regiment  of the Militia of the Mississippi Territory, January 6, 1806
• Register of the Commissioned Officers of the Second Regiment of the Militia in the Mississippi Territory of the United States, August 24, 1805
• Return of the Commissioned Officers in the 1st Regiment of Militia of the Mississippi Territory, November 17, 1805
• Rules and Regulations concerning the enrollment and equipment of soldiers, [n.d.]
• Muster roll of the Field and Staff of Major Ferdinand L. Claiborne’s Detachment, [n.d.]
• Return of the effective strength of Major Ferdinand L. Claiborne’s Detachment, October 7, 1806
• Return of the Field and Staff of the 1st Regiment, Mississippi Militia, August 21, 1803
• Roll of the Prisoners at Fort Adams sentenced to labor, 1801
• Webb, John to Lt. F. L. Claiborne, June 15, 1796
• Baron de Carondelet to General Wilkinson, May 29, 1797, (copy)
• Ellis, John, Cowles Mead, Alexander Montgomery, et al. to President Jefferson, 1808
• Historic note concerning Thomas H. Williams, March 3, 1805
• [s.n.] to General James Wilkinson, August 14, 1797
• Wilkinson, James, extract of General Orders to F. L. Claiborne, New Orleans, March 8, 1813
• Wilkinson, James A. to Secretary of War, extract, January 4, 1798
• Ellis, John to Major H. Davis, September 9, 1805
• Claiborne, Ferdinand L. to H. Dearborn, January 14, 1804
• [s.n.] to James McHenry, September 16, 1798
• Marschalk, Andrew to Isaac Guion, August 21, 1805
• Marschalk, Andrew to Colonel [Isaac] Guion[?], August 21, 1805
• Hamtramck, Colonel to Captain Claiborne, November 25, 1800
• Hamtramck, Colonel to Captain Claiborne, December 23, 1800
• [s.n. to Colonel Hamtramck], December 14, 1800
• Hamtramck, Colonel to Major [Isaac] Guion, March 7, 1801
• [s.n.] to Esteemed Sir, February 5, 1801
• [s.n.] to Col. Hamtramck, November 30, 1800
• [s.n.] to Dear Sir, May 14, 1801
• Buntin, P. to Captain Claiborne, February 18, 1801
• Gayoso, [Manuel] to Anthony Hutchins, [n.d.]
• [Gayoso], Manuel to My Dear Sweet Peggy (typed copy), August 14, 1797
• [Gayoso], Manuel to My Dear Sweet Peggy (original), August 14, 1797
• Gayoso, [Manuel] to William Dunbar, April 5, 1797, with note attached concerning Andrew Ellicott, (copy)
• Gayoso, [Manuel] to Major Freeman, April 4, 1798, (copy)
• Gayoso, [Manuel] to William Canton, December 25, 1798
• Gayoso, [Manuel] to Peter Walker, February 14, 1799
• Williams, Edward - Power of Attorney, August 3, 1796
• Extract from the Spanish Treaty

• Beauregard, Captain Elias to Andres Lopez Arnesto, extract of a letter, April 4, 1798.
• Abstract of British and French land grants - Washington County, [n.d.]
• Schedule of the whole number of Persons in Washington, Pickering and Adams Counties, Mississippi Territory, 1800
• Statement relative to the Public Lands in the State of Mississippi signed by B.L.C. Wailes, July 6, 1829
• Cornwell, Alexander to Benjamin Hawkins, [n.d.]
• Ashley, Robert - Deposition, January 24, 1795
• Planters of Natchez to Governor Gayoso concerning debts, [n.d.], (typed copy)
• Planters of Natchez to Governor Gayoso concerning debts, [n.d.]
• Claiborne, Ferdinand L. to Captain McCall, November 19, 1801
• Hartley, John - Land Grant, November 10, 1778.

• Trudeau, Felix to Governor Gayoso, May 7, 1813
• Delasserre, Robert to Monsieur Bachellot, June 17, 1785
• Pesce, Fuercas[?] to Major Minor, written from New Orleans, December 30, 1800
• Manicot, Jacques - deposition concerning Pierre Aubry, Antoine Duvernet[?], Francisco Ronda[?], et al., November 1, 1792

• Reports on British land grants from the Washington Republican, January 25, 1815
• Reminiscences of Early Times in the Mississippi Territory by George S. Gaines (9 pages), [n.d.]

• Toulmin, Harry to Samuel Postlethwaite, Esq., October 21, 1811
• Toulmin, H[arry] to Samuel Postlethwaite, Esq., November 10, 1811
• Smart, Benjamin L. to William Coleman, deposition, November 5, 1811
• Maloney, J. to William Coleman, deposition, November 5, 1811
• Willson, M.D. to William Coleman, deposition, November 5, 1811
• Gilmer, P.M. to William Coleman, deposition, November 6, 1811
• Oath by William Baldwin, Bailey Heard[?], Donald Campbell, November 5, 1811
• Henry, Lemuel to Tho. H. Harris, November 9, 1811
• Dinsmour, Silas to Samuel Postlewaite, November 16, 1811

• Halbert, H. S. to Colonel Claiborne (with biographical sketch of Pushmataha enclosed), December 2, [s.a.]
• Halbert H. S. to Colonel Claiborne (with biography of William Weatherford attached), October 13, 1879

• Mead, Cowles to Sir, January 20, 1807
• Bluharty, Major to Cowles Mead, January 20, 1807
• Mead, Cowles to Colonel Claiborne, January 22, 1807
• Claiborne, Ferdinand L. to Judge Rodney, January 23, 1807
• Mead, Cowles to Lieutenant Sevier, September 30, 1806
• Claiborne, Ferdinand L. to Cowles Mead, December 27, 1806
• Mead, Cowles to Ferdinand L. Claiborne, January 14, 1807
• Mead, Cowles to Colonel Claiborne, January 14, 1807
• [s.n.] to Major Guion, “Sir, If it would not be inconvenient…,” [n.d.]
• Mead, Cowles to Colonel Claiborne, Saturday Night, [n.d.]
• [s.n.] to Sir, “Sir, Our last advises from Bayou Pierre induce us…,” [n.d.]
• Points of Law concerning powers of the Governor to the Judges of the Supreme Court of the Mississippi Territory, [n.d.]
• Opinion of the Attorney General, signed by George Poindexter, January 21, 1817
• Opinion of the Attorney General, (signed) George Poindexter, January 21, 1817, (typed copy)
• Blennerhassett, Therese to Alex M. Clayton, May 6, 1877
• Safford, William H. to J. F. H. Claiborne, May 10, 1878
• Two sheets of newspaper clippings concerning Aaron Burr, and P. C. Wederstrandt, [n.d.]

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