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Box 53

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Contains 1 Result:

A bill for an act to extend the corporate life of certain incorporated companies organized to aid, encourage and induce immigration to Colorado Territory, by Senator Carpenter, undated

 File — Box: 53, Folder: 7
Identifier: Subseries 6.1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Union Colony of Colorado was a corporation formed by Nathan Meeker in 1869 in order to establish a utopian agricultural community in the Colorado Territory. The colonists founded the town of Greeley in March 1870. As a state senator, Delph Carpenter sponsored a bill to extend the corporate life of this and similar entities. He was later the secretary and treasurer for the Colony, thus holding a significant portion of its records. Much of the material found here has to do with financial...
Dates: undated