, 110–15). In his speech, Claiborne congratulated the legislative council on their selection and suggested as immediate priorities the establishment of a proper judicial system, a code of criminal laws, municipal improvements, and provision for the education of youth.
2To Thomas Jefferson from William C. C. Claiborne, 1 March 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg you to receive—accompanied with my warm respects—a Treatise written on the Criminal Laws of this
Territory.