Andrew Marschalk (1767-1838) entered the army as an ensign in 1791, and military service took him to the Mississippi Valley by 1797. While still in the army, he set up a press and began to print a variety of items, including the laws of Mississippi Territory. In 1802, he left the army and started a weekly newspaper in Natchez, the Mississippi Herald, which became the Natchez Gazette shortly before it folded in 1808. He later established the Washington Republican in Washington, Mississippi, and, in 1818, the Mississippi State Gazette. Marschalk served as a staff officer of the territorial militia and was, in 1803, a Natchez alderman (New York Mercantile Advertiser, 18 July 1803; Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger, 9 Nov. 1810; New Orleans Daily Picayune, 17 Aug. 1838; Charles S. Sydnor, “The Beginning of Printing in Mississippi,” Journal of Southern History, 1 [1935], 49-55; [Isaac M. Patridge], “The Press of Mississippi—Historical Sketch,” DeBow’s Review, new ser., 4 [1860], 500-9; Dunbar Rowland, Encyclopedia of Mississippi History, 2 vols. [Madison, Wis., 1907], 2:169-70; Brigham, American Newspapers description begins Clarence S. Brigham, History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820, Worcester, Mass., 1947, 2 vols. description ends , 1:423, 426, 428, 430; Terr. Papers description begins Clarence E. Carter and John Porter Bloom, eds., The Territorial Papers of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1934-75, 28 vols. description ends , 5:253, 260, 560-1; Heitman, Dictionary description begins Francis B. Heitman, comp., Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Washington, D.C., 1903, 2 vols. description ends , 1:690; Vol. 39:xlv).

on the 29th. ult.: the transfer from Spanish to French authority took place on 30 Nov.; see preceding letter.