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=====Land Transfer Events to Statehood (1817)=====

Colonial Land Claims
1787    South Carolina relinquishs strip across Northern Mississippi. Unaffiliated until 1802.

1795    North/Central portions of Spanish West Florida are relinquished by Spain.

1798    Old portion of Spanish West Florida is organized as the Mississippi Territory.

1802    Georgia relinguishs claims to North/Central Mississippi and is added to the
        Mississippi Territory.

1802    "Strip" added to the Mississippi Territory.

1810    West half of West Florida seized from Spain.

1817    Mississippi admitted to the Union as 20th State.

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12/1998 M.A.Leonard, Last Update-01/02/2006