[Colorado. Jefferson Territory] Williams, Beverley D. and Steele, R.W. [Robert Wilbur] — Jefferson Territory. Letter from the Delegate Elect from the Proposed Territory of Jefferson, Accompained [Sic] by a Memorial of the Provisional Government, and the Message of the Governor Thereof, Asking the Establishment of a Territorial Organization for the Same. February 15, 1860

[Washington, D.C.], n.p. 1860. First edition. Modern stitched paper wrappers. 15 pp. 8vo. 36th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. No. 10. Including most of present day Colorado, the territory of Jefferson as a briefly lived unrecognized political entity caused by the need for governnance due to the population explosion caused by the Pike's Peak Gold Rush commencing in 1858. Includes a detailed descritpion of the gold rush, as well as the other mineral resources of the territory and also a census of the newly created towns whose combined population reached 8000: Denver 1100, Auraria 1000, Golden City 900, Arrappahoe 400, Colorado at the foot of Pike's Peak 300, and "Mountain City in the mining region" 800. A very good+ copy, clean and unmarked, stitched in plain paper wrapper with paper label.