REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED, ON THE TWENTY

(MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY DOCUMENT) UNITED STATES. CONGRESS, HOUSE. REPORT OF TH COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED, ON THE TWENTY-FIRST OF DECEMBER LA THE PETITION OF JOHN STEELE, LATE SECRETARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY. (Washington): January 4, 1804. 8vo. Disbound. 4 pages. Rare early printed government document with only five copies recorded on OCLC John Steele was appointed Secretary of the Mississippi Territory by President John Adams in 1798. In 1801 was appointed as Governor of the territory. Whe Jefferson became president he replaced Steele as secretary in 1803 when his t expired. Steele was petitioning the Congress for back wages due to a extende overlap between the end of his term and the commencement of his replacement, this committee recommended he receive pay from 7 May 1802 to the 2nd of March.