Laws and Other Government Publications
Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida. "An Act to Incorporate the City of St. Augustine, and Improve the Public Roads in the Neighborhood Thereof." Acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida: Passed at their First Session, 1822. Pensacola, Florida: Floridian Press, 1822.
Below are selected examples of laws and publications which provide insight into the early organization of Florida government and the rights of citizens. Territorial-era journals also sometimes include notable reports—for example, the Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the Territory of Florida from 1843 (PDF) features a report from the Commissioner of Funds regarding construction of Florida’s Capitol.
- Adams, John Quincy and Onís, Luis de (1819). Treaty of Amity, Settlement and Limits, Between the United States of America and his Catholic Majesty (PDF). Buffalo, NY: Dennis & Vo., Inc., 1963.
- Carter, Clarence Edwin, ed. The Territory of Florida. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1956.
- Florida Constitutional Convention. Constitution of the State of Florida, 1838. 1839-01-11. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.
- Florida Constitutional Convention. Journal of the Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates to Form a Constitution for the People of Florida, Held at St. Joseph, December, 1838. St. Joseph, Florida: Times Office, 1839.
- Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida. Acts and Resolutions of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida. Pensacola, Florida: Floridian Press, 1822-1845.
- Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida. A Journal of the Proceedings of the Territorial Council. Pensacola, Florida: Floridian Press, 1822; Pensacola, Florida: John Fitzgerald & Co., 1823; Tallahassee, Florida: Office of the Florida Intelligencer, 1824-1825; Tallahassee, Florida: A. S. Thruston, 1827; Tallahassee, Florida: Williams Wilson, 1833; Tallahassee, Florida: The Floridian, 1835-1845.
- Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida. Records of Acts of the Legislative Council and General Assembly of the State of Florida Relating to County Boundaries, 1821-1937. Jacksonville, Florida: State Office, Historical Records Survey, 1937.
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Message From the President of the United States, Communicating the Correspondence Which Has Lately Taken Place Between the Secretary of State and General Vives, the Spanish Minister, in Relation to the Treaty for the Cession of the Floridas. 1820-05-09. State Library of Florida, Florida Memory.
- Senate of the Territory of Florida. A Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the Territory of Florida. Tallahassee, Florida: S. S. Sibley, 1839; Tallahassee, Florida: J. B. Webb, 1840; Tallahassee, Florida: C. E. Barlett, 1841; Tallahassee, Florida: J. Knowles, 1842; Tallahassee, Florida: S. S. Sibley, 1843; Tallahassee, Florida: Office of the Florida Sentinel, 1844.
- United States Congress. An Act for the Admission of the States of Iowa and Florida Into the Union (PDF). Boston, MA: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1846.
- United States Congress. An Act for Carrying Into Execution the Treaty Between the United States and Spain, Concluded at Washington on the Twenty-Second Day of February, On Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen (PDF). Boston, MA: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1846.
- United States Congress. American State Papers. Greenville, S. C.: Southern Historical Press, 1994.
- United States Congress, Senate. Territorial Papers of the United States Senate, 1789-1873. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1951.
