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January 04 – Petition of the Women of Utah
by Darren Cole on January 4, 2011
Petition from the Women of Utah to the Senate and the House of Representatives, December 17, 1875 (ARC ID 2668811); Interior and Insular Affairs Committee; HR45A-H23.3; Record Group 233; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives; National Archives. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=2668811
On January 4, 1896, the Territory of Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state. Dated December 17, 1875, this is a petition signed by 22,626 women of Utah and presented to Congress, requesting statehood for the Territory of Utah.
More Petitions for Statehood in the Center for Legislative Archives…
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TAGS 1875-12-17, December 17, December 17 1875, January 4, Petition of the Women of Utah, Petitions for Statehood, Utah, westward expansion
