Papers, 1869-1874.

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Papers, 1869-1874.

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Official commission for James B. Bell (of Boston, Mass.) as Commissioner of Deeds for Colorado Territory; signed by Gov. McCook June 29, 1869. Letter (1870 Jan. 22) to J.B. Chaffee about "Maxwell Grant question." Letter (1874 July 29) to N.C. Meeker about delegates to Republican Territorial convention.

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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McCook, Edward M. (Edward Moody), 1833-1909

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American army officer; gov. of Colorado. From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608735 Appointed Territorial Governor of Colorado by U.S. Grant 1869-1873 and again 1874-1875. From the description of Papers, 1869-1874. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 18548351 ...

Chaffee, Jerome Bunty, 1825-1886

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Colorado pioneer mining investor and politician. B. Apr. 17, 1825 near Lockport, N.Y. Early career in business and banking in Michigan, Kansas, and Missouri before moving to Colorado Feb. 1860. Built his fortune beginning with ore-processing mill in the Gregory region near Central City. Served in territorial legislature 1860s. Elected territorial delegate to Congress 1870, later to U.S. Senate 1876. President of First National Bank of Denver 1865-1880. D. Mar. 9, 1886 Westchester County, N.Y. ...

Bell, James, 1887-

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Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879

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Colorado pioneer, Nathan Cook Meeker was born in Ohio in 1817. He worked as a newspaperman, traveling salesman and teacher throughout the United States. Meeker was selected by Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, to found the agricultural community known as the Union Colony of Colorado at present day Greeley, Colo. Greeley provided major funding for the colony. Based on utopian and religious ideals, the organization was established in 1869 with approximately 700 colonists and was know...