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Page 67
... territory would naturally receive a new one . Favoring a name indigenous to the region , he sug- gested that the name of the Alaska peninsula be extended to the whole territory . William H. Seward , the Secretary of State , adopted the ...
... territory would naturally receive a new one . Favoring a name indigenous to the region , he sug- gested that the name of the Alaska peninsula be extended to the whole territory . William H. Seward , the Secretary of State , adopted the ...
Page 114
... Territories be requested to inquire into the expediency of dividing the territory represented by him and forming a new territory north of the Columbia River to be known as the territory of Columbia . When the bill came before the House ...
... Territories be requested to inquire into the expediency of dividing the territory represented by him and forming a new territory north of the Columbia River to be known as the territory of Columbia . When the bill came before the House ...
Page 162
... territory taken from the territories of Dakota , Utah and Idaho . A territorial government was organized in 1869 and the first territorial Legislature , which met in Cheyenne in December of the same year , granted women the right to ...
... territory taken from the territories of Dakota , Utah and Idaho . A territorial government was organized in 1869 and the first territorial Legislature , which met in Cheyenne in December of the same year , granted women the right to ...
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