Territory of Arkansas - Revision history

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 [[Image:Arkansas-1819.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Arkansas territorial counties in 1819.]]
 [[Image:Robert-crittenden-pope.jpg|thumb|300px|Territorial Secretary Robert Crittenden.]]
 The '''Territory of Arkansas''' was designated by the U.S. Congress in 1819, when an area roughly shaped like the present [[State of Arkansas]] was cleaved away from the Territory of Missouri. [[Robert Crittenden]] was appointed the first secretary and acting governor of Arkansas Territory that same year by President Monroe.

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 [[Image:Arkansas-1819.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Arkansas territorial counties in 1819.]]
 [[Image:Robert-crittenden-pope.jpg|thumb|300px|Territorial Secretary Robert Crittenden.]]
-[[Image:Gov-james-miller.jpg|thumb|Territorial Governor James Miller.]]
+[[Image:Gov-james-miller.jpg|thumb|300px|Territorial Governor James Miller.]]
 The '''Territory of Arkansas''' was designated by the U.S. Congress in 1819, when an area roughly shaped like the present [[State of Arkansas]] was cleaved away from the Territory of Missouri. [[Robert Crittenden]] was appointed the first secretary and acting governor of Arkansas Territory that same year by President Monroe.

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 Arkansas Post was originally established as the seat of territorial government. Crittenden convened the first territorial legislature in Arkansas Post, a one house assembly composed of four people: Crittenden, Charles Jouett, Robert P. Letcher, and Andrew Scott. In seven days this first legislature adopted all of the laws of the Missouri Territory. The first legislature created two circuit courts for the Arkansas Territory, an office of auditor and one for treasury.
-[[James Miller]], also appointed by President Monroe, was the first governor of the [[Arkansas Territory]]. Miller opened the first session of the territorial legislature at Arkansas Post on February 7, 1820, and supervised the move of the capitol west to [[Little Rock]] on October 24. The day-to-day affairs of governing the territory were largely left to Crittenden.
+[[James Miller]], also appointed by President Monroe, was the first governor of the [[Arkansas Territory]]. Miller opened the first session of the territorial legislature at Arkansas Post on February 7, 1820, and supervised the move of the capitol west to [[Little Rock]] on October 24. The day-to-day affairs of governing the territory were largely left to Crittenden, who retired in 1829.
 Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836. It was the twenty-fifth state to join the Union. Arkansas' admission to the United States is enshrined in the [[Constitution of 1836]].

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 [[Image:Arkansas-1819.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Arkansas territorial counties in 1819.]]
 [[Image:Robert-crittenden-pope.jpg|thumb|300px|Territorial Secretary Robert Crittenden.]]
 The '''Territory of Arkansas''' was designated by the U.S. Congress in 1819, when an area roughly shaped like the present [[State of Arkansas]] was cleaved away from the Territory of Missouri. [[Robert Crittenden]] was appointed the first secretary and acting governor of Arkansas Territory that same year by President Monroe.
-Arkansas Post was originally established as the seat of territorial government. Crittenden convened the first territorial legislature in Arkansas Post, a one house assembly composed of four people: Crittenden, Charles Jouett, Robert P. Letcher, and Andrew Scott. In seven days this first legislature adopted all of the laws of the Missouri Territory. The first legislature created two circuit courts for the Arkansas Territory, an office of auditor and one for treasury. In 1820 the territorial capitol was moved west to [[Little Rock]]. Crittenden eventually retired as territorial secretary in 1829.
+Arkansas Post was originally established as the seat of territorial government. Crittenden convened the first territorial legislature in Arkansas Post, a one house assembly composed of four people: Crittenden, Charles Jouett, Robert P. Letcher, and Andrew Scott. In seven days this first legislature adopted all of the laws of the Missouri Territory. The first legislature created two circuit courts for the Arkansas Territory, an office of auditor and one for treasury.
 Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836. It was the twenty-fifth state to join the Union. Arkansas' admission to the United States is enshrined in the [[Constitution of 1836]].
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 ==References==
-*John Hugh Reynolds, ''Makers of Arkansas History'' (Silver, Burdett and Company, 1905), 80-86.
+*''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic,'' vol. 10 (J.T. White, 1900), 183.
 ==External links==

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 [[Image:Arkansas-1819.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Arkansas territorial counties in 1819.]]
-[[Image:Robert-crittenden-pope.jpg|thumb|Territorial Secretary Robert Crittenden.]]
+[[Image:Robert-crittenden-pope.jpg|thumb|300px|Territorial Secretary Robert Crittenden.]]
 The '''Territory of Arkansas''' was designated by the U.S. Congress in 1819, when an area roughly shaped like the present [[State of Arkansas]] was cleaved away from the Territory of Missouri. [[Robert Crittenden]] was appointed the first secretary and acting governor of Arkansas Territory that same year by President Monroe.

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		+	[[Image:Arkansas-1819.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Map of Arkansas territorial counties in 1819.]]
	The '''Territory of Arkansas''' was designated by the U.S. Congress in 1819, when an area roughly shaped like the present [[State of Arkansas]] was cleaved away from the Territory of Missouri. Arkansas Post was originally established as the seat of territorial government, but in 1820 the capitol was moved west to [[Little Rock]].		The '''Territory of Arkansas''' was designated by the U.S. Congress in 1819, when an area roughly shaped like the present [[State of Arkansas]] was cleaved away from the Territory of Missouri. Arkansas Post was originally established as the seat of territorial government, but in 1820 the capitol was moved west to [[Little Rock]].