Item #43113 Territory of Nevada (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 567.) May 12, 1858. Mr. William Smith, from the Committee on the Territories, Made the Following Report. The Committee on the Territories, to whom was referred the petition of numerous citizens of the United States residing in the Territory of Utah, asking for the creation of a new Territory, to be formed from the western portion thereof, have, according to order, had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report. William Smith, Committee on the Territories.

Territory of Nevada (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 567.) May 12, 1858. Mr. William Smith, from the Committee on the Territories, Made the Following Report. The Committee on the Territories, to whom was referred the petition of numerous citizens of the United States residing in the Territory of Utah, asking for the creation of a new Territory, to be formed from the western portion thereof, have, according to order, had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report.

[Washington, D.C.]: n.p., 1858. 5 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. Removed from a larger volume else a very good copy lacking stitching. Flake 9160. Item #43113

35th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 375. "Power and authority in the hands of Mormons, who monopolize lands, and exert a baneful influence over the Indians, injurious to the United States. Committee reports in favor of forming a new territory, to be called Nevada," Flake: Mormon Bibliography (N: p.445). OCLC locates seven copies: Denver, Harvard, Univ. Nevada, Hayes Presidential Lib., Degolyer, Utah Hist. Soc., and Univ. Mich.

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