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The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817. The western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi on December 10, 1817 and the eastern half became the Alabama Territory until its admittance to the Union as the State of Alabama on December 14, 1819.

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