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Documents Leading to Statehood

1854
Gadsen Purchase Treaty
Document Type: Treaties

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School provides a transcription of the Gadsden Purchase Treaty as amended by the Senate of the United States and signed by President Franklin Pierce on June 30, 1854.

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1856
S. 176
Document Type: Bills

The Library of Congress provides access to S.

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1857
H.R. 752
Document Type: Bills

The Library of Congress provides access to House of Representatives Bill 752 (34th Congress 3rd Session) "A Bill To establish a separate judicial district south of the Gila, and to create the office of surveyor general therein; to provide for the adjudication of certain land claims; to grant donations to actual settlers; to survey certain lands; to provide for the representation of the inhabitants of the 'Gadsden Purchase' in the Territori

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1857
S. 8
Document Type: Bills

The Library of Congress provides access to Senate Bill S.

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1859
S. 555
Document Type: Bills

The Library of Congress provides access to Senate Bill 555 (35th Congress 2nd Session), a bill "to provide temporary governments for the Territories of Dacota [sic] and Arizona, and to create the office of surveyor general for the Territory of Arizona." February 4, 1859, a bill was introduced in the Senate (S-555), for the admission of Dakota, in which bill Arizona was included. Nothing came of it.

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1860
Senate Bill 365 - 36th Congress 1st Session
Document Type: Bills

The Library of Congress provides access to Senate Bill 365 36th Congress 1st Session "A Bill To provide a temporary government for the Territory of Arizuma [sic] and to create the office of surveyor general therein." A Bill (S.

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1862
House Bill 357 - 37th Congress 2nd Session
Document Type: Bills

The Library of Congress provides access to House of Representatives Bill 357 (37th Congress 2nd Session) "a bill to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Arizona" which was to be formed from the western portion of the existing Territory of New Mexico. ...the Arizona Bill was again introduced, and this time the north and south boundary was fixed where it now is on the 109th meridian.... [The bill] was reported from Co

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1863
Statutes at Large 37th Congress 2nd Session page 664
Document Type: Acts

The Library of Congress provides access to Statutes at Large 37th Congress 2nd Session which includes "An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Arizona, and for other Purposes" which became effective February 24, 1863.  President Abraham Lincoln appointed Arizona's Territorial officials who took the oath of office at Navajo Springs, Arizona on December 29, 1863.

 

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1865
Hartley's Map of Arizona
Document Type: Acts

Hartley's Map of ArizonaThis 1865 map by William B.

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1866
Statutes at Large 39th Congress 1st Session Page 43
Document Type: Acts

The Library of Congress provides access to Statutes at Large 39th Congress 1st Session page 43 "An Act concerning the Boundaries of the State of Nevada" which was approved May 5, 1866.

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