Appointing Samuel N. Gilleland sheriff of Covington County, in a partly printed document, signed by Leake as Governor of Mississippi, 20 September 1822, countersigned by Secretary of State John A. Grimball and with the state seal attached; the blank verso holds two manuscript endorsements, the first a statement signed by Gilleland accepting the appointment and countersigned by local official John McDuffie, the second another statement signed by Gilleland resigning the office 16 February 1823.
[Columbia, MS]: 1822. Oblong folio (7 5/8 x 12 3/8 inches). Partly printed broadside document, headlined "The State of Mississippi, / To all who shall see these presents, greeting / [followed by 14 printed lines, with spaces left for appropriate material to be entered by manuscript, in this case appointees..... More