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Message, Acting Governor Mead to the Gentlemen of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives, expressing gratitude for harmony and support, impressing them with the importance of their task, recommending the establishment of an internal police organization and literary institutions, foreseeing a great future for the Territory, expressing the opinion that at the earliest opportunity the Floridas should be taken by force, dealing with reparations occasioned by disputes over land claims, advising taxation to provide a treasury surplus, advising that the compiling of the Territorial statutes has been accomplished, bringing to their attention the lack of good roads, asking them to give attention to the attempts to destroy the public buildings of Adams County.

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  • Doc Number: 692
  • Administration: Thomas Hill Williams, Acting and Cowles Mead, Acting
  • Date(s): 1806-12-02
  • Description: Message, Acting Governor Mead to the Gentlemen of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives, expressing gratitude for harmony and support, impressing them with the importance of their task, recommending the establishment of an internal police organization and literary institutions, foreseeing a great future for the Territory, expressing the opinion that at the earliest opportunity the Floridas should be taken by force, dealing with reparations occasioned by disputes over land claims, advising taxation to provide a treasury surplus, advising that the compiling of the Territorial statutes has been accomplished, bringing to their attention the lack of good roads, asking them to give attention to the attempts to destroy the public buildings of Adams County.
  • Call Number: Series 0488
  • Filename: 488-0692-07.tif