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Proceedings of a meeting of the Bar, 3d Judicial District, Washington Territory : on the arrest of the Hon. Edward Lander, chief justice of said Territory and John M. Chapman, clerk of the district court, by an armed force under orders of Gov. Isaac I. Stevens. Together with the proceedings of a mass meeting of citizens of Pierce Co. W. T. Steilacoom, May 7, 1856
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Clerk of the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, Arizona Territory. 1 letter (1908, July 27) to Ralph H. (Ralph Henry) Cameron, b. 1863
Manuscripts
This collection consists of materials relating to Ralph H. Cameron's political and business activities, mostly in the years between 1903 and 1912. Box 1 consists of manuscript files, including land and mining claims, financial documents, and political documents, including press releases regarding statehood and ranching. Also included with the manuscripts are materials related to bills introduced by Cameron, "Letters Protesting the Statehood Bill," and Congratulatory telegrams. The "Bills Introduced" includes depredation claims reported to Cameron, for which he sought Congressional consideration, and consist of correspondence with the claimants and Commissioner of Indian Affairs Robert G. Valentine, copies of the legislation Cameron sponsored, and Congressional Committee reports on the proposals. Also included with "Bills Introduced" is material relating to a bridge over the Little Colorado River in Arizona for which Cameron sought Congressional funding. The material protesting statehood consist almost entirely of letters, many of them mechanically reproduced or copied verbatim, demanding that Arizona be allowed to maintain its provisions for a literacy requirement in voter registration. One file consists of congratulatory telegrams sent on the occasion of Arizona's statehood.
mssCameron papers