Acts, Resolutions and Memorials, Adopted by the First Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona. Session begun on the Twenty-sixth day of September, and ended on the Tenth day of November, 1864, at Prescott

[ Arizona Territory ].

Published by Prescott; Office of the Arizona Miner, Official Paper of the Territory, 1865.

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The contents of the present work include �The Organic Act,� which provides for a temporary government for the Territory of Arizona, lists of �Officers of the Territory" and �The First Legislative Assembly," etc. It is also contains forty other acts including: �Authorizing a Loan on the Faith and Credit of the Territory to Inaugurate and Pay the Expenses of a Campaign Against the Apache Indians." The �Resolutions� include: �Appointing a Translator and Interpreter, who shall act as a Commissioner to publish the Laws required to be published in the Spanish language," "Relative to Sylvester Mowry" (Gen. Carleton clashed with Mowry, ordering his banishment from Arizona; Mowry defiantly stood by his guns and territory),� and many others. The "Memorials� include �Asking an Appropriation of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars for placing Indians of the Colorado on a Reservation," "Asking an Appropriation of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars in aid of the War against the Apaches," and several others. Octavo. 79 pp. Woodcut of �The Seal of the Territory of Arizona� on the Certificate approved by Richard McCormick, Secretary of the Territory. Modern brown leather lettered in gilt on front board. Spelling error on front board (�Arizona� spelled �Arizoana�). Binding extremities lightly rubbed. Very minor foxing and offsetting, else a fine copy. First edition. No copy has been sold at auction since 1966. OCLC lists only eight copies in North America. Streeter I. 507; Sabin 1983; Arizona Imprints #8. Seller Inventory # 16941

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Title: Acts, Resolutions and Memorials, Adopted by ...

Publisher: Prescott; Office of the Arizona Miner, Official Paper of the Territory, 1865.

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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