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	Record Group Number:	000101
	Series/Collection Number:	.S 177
	Creator:	Florida. Governor.
	Title, Dates:	Territorial Governors correspondence, 1820-1845.
	Amount:	1.75 cubic ft.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Chronological by Governor's term of office, then alphabetical by record type or topic.
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	Biographical/Historical:	In 1821, Florida became a territory of the United States and, as such, had its governors appointed by the President of the United States. The territorial governors of Florida were Andrew Jackson (1821-1822), William Pope DuVal (1822-1834), John H. Eaton (1834-1836), Richard Keith Call (1836-1839 and 1841-1844), Robert Raymond Reid (1839-1841), and John Branch (1844-1845). Florida became a state in 1845.
	Summary:	This series contains the extant incoming correspondence of the governors of Florida during the territorial period. There is no documentation from Andrew Jackson's term of office (1821-1822). The majority of the series is correspondence to Territorial Governor William Pope DuVal. His correspondence concerns such issues as military administration, Indian affairs (including the relocation of a Miccosukee tribe), slaves and free Negroes, elections, appointments and recommendations, and the Legislative Council. The governors following DuVal are represented by single folders of mixed correspondence.
	Finding Aids:	Folder listing available.
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	Ownership/Custodial History:	This collection was organized from a number of accessions of materials transferred from the State Library of Florida.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Territorial records. aat
	Added Entries	Branch, John, 1782-1863 Call, R.K. 1791-1862 (Richard Keith), DuVal, William Pope, 1784-1854 Eaton, John Henry, 1790-1856 Reid, Robert Raymond, 1789-1841 Florida. Governor (1822-1834 : DuVal) Florida. Governor (1834-1835 : Eaton) Florida. Governor (1835-1840 : Call) Florida. Governor (1840-1841 : Reid) Florida. Governor (1841-1844 : Call) Florida. Governor (1844-1845 : Branch)