Research

Custodial History

It is not exactly clear how the Adjutant-General's Office came into possession of records dealing solely with the Executive Chamber. One explanation may be that these volumes were acquired by the Bureau of Military Statistics. The bureau's first director, Lockwood L. Doty, also was Governor Morgan's private secretary prior to his appointment to the Bureau of Military Statistics. Furthermore, in his first annual report to Governor Seymour, Doty stated that "the public correspondence of the Governor by telegraph and mail, commencing in 1860, relating to preparations for public defense and military affairs... are being arranged in the order of their dates..." These ten volumes very well could be a part of what Doty referred to as "The Executive Record."