Z 0523.000 Marschalk (Andrew) Papers

Andrew Marschalk was a pioneer printer in Mississippi. He entered the United States Army in 1791, and in 1799 was assigned to the post in Natchez to print the laws of the new Mississippi Territory. After being discharged in 1802, Marschalk published newspapers, was prominent in the militia, and was the first public printer of Mississippi (1810), holding the office several times. Marschalk died August 10, 1837.

The collection contains two letters from Captain Marschalk, Fort Jefferson [Ohio], to Major John Mills concerning confiscation of whiskey (1785); and "account of liquor taken from Sundry Settlers" for the Public Liquor Store at Fort Jefferson (1795); a letter from Lt. John Wallington, Marschalk's replacement in charge of the liquor warehouse, to Major John Mills concerning a problem which had arisen over some liquor seized by Marschalk (1795); two bills for printing by Marschalk, one to Jefferson College (1803) and one to the United States government (1821); a note of Wm. R. Cox to John Minor (1821); a protest filed by Marschalk concerned default on the note of Cox to Minor (1821); and a blank page of billing forms for advertisements in the Mississippi State Gazette. The items are filed chronologically in one folder.