Item #63107 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. U S. Senator from Mississippi, third Governor of Mississippi.
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.

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 name and position, place of execution, date, and officials' signatures]. Leake, a native of Virginia, served in the Revolutionary War and in the state legislature, moving to the Mississippi Territory in 1807 when appointed judge by Thomas Jefferson; following Mississippi's admission to statehood, he was appointed one of its first two senators, taking a seat of the state's supreme court following his resignation from the senate in 1820, and was elected governor in 1821, assuming office in January, 1822. During his two terms, Leake oversaw the beginning of a major road system, arranged for the transfer of land to support a state university, and signed a law abolishing imprisonment for debt, among other achievements. Grimball was the second Secretary of State for Mississippi, serving 1821-1833. Columbia served as capital of Mississippi for a about 18 months, 1821-1822, before Jackson became its permanent site. Somewhat browned, but very good. Previously folded. A scarce early Mississippi state document. (9863). Item #63107

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