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On on the east bank of the Mississippi were not included in Orleans Territory at this time, as they were in the Spanish territory of West Florida until they were annexed in 1810 . The western boundary with Spanish Texas was not fully defined until the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819. A strip of land known as the Sabine Free State just east of the Sabine River served as a neutral ground buffer area from about 1807 until 1819. LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES William C. C. Claiborne was appointed the first and only governor of the Orleans Territory. He later became the first governor of the state of Louisiana. There were two Territorial secretaries, James Brown ( 1804 – 1807 ) and Thomas Bolling Robertson ( 1807 – 1811 ). Daniel Clark became the first Territorial Delegate to the U.S. Congress , in December 1806 . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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