Union charter, 1891 [manuscript].

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Union charter, 1891 [manuscript].

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Charter for the National Association of Machinists, Lodge no. 158 for the Ute Pass, located in Colorado City, Colo., dated 1891. Names on the charter include: Robert Hagerty, J.A. McQuiston, John McCarthy, Alex England, William H Bolls, C.A. Jamison, Emmett Murphy, Charles Bancroft, S.L. Eaton, W.W. Rickard, R. Griffith, and J.H. Dummer.

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