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Pages
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| XV
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Iowa, When a Part of Michigan Territory—First Officers and Representatives in the Legislature—Later Included in Wisconsin Territory—First Bank on Iowa Soil—First Railroad Legislation—First Iowa Newspaper and a Notable Press—More Pioneer Newspapers—How the Name “Hawkeye” Originated—The Legislature of 1837—First Movement for Division of Wisconsin Territory—Action of a Delegate Convention—Memorial for the Creation of Iowa Territory—First Legislature Within the Limits of Iowa—New Counties Established—More Territory Acquired from Sac, Fox and Sioux Indians
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173-184
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| XVI
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First Census of Wisconsin in 1836—Iowa Territory Established in 1838—Provisions of the Territorial Government—Governor and Other Officers Appointed—First Iowa Legislature—Brilliant Young Members—First Message of Governor Lucas—Controversy Between the Legislature and Governor—Attempt to Secure the Governor’s Removal—Missouri Boundary Controversy—Hostile Armies Sent to the Border—The Dispute Referred to Congress—Location of the Capital at Iowa City—Building a City in the Wilderness—The Young Pioneers—A Famous Supreme Court Decision
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185-199
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| XVII
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Congressional Legislation Concerning Iowa—The Second Legislative Assembly—William P. Chapman Elected Delegate to Congress—First Movement for Admission as a State—Hard Times—The Presidential Election of 1840—First Democratic Convention—How the Early Settlers Lived—Third Legislative Assembly—Removal of Governor Lucas by President Harrison—His Able and Excellent Administration—John Chambers Appointed Governor—Fourth Legislative Assembly Meets at Iowa City—Another Movement for State Government Defeated—Indian Treaty of 1842—Fort Sanford Established—Great Financial Depression and a Hard Winter—Third Movement for Statehood Defeated—Census of 1844—First Constitutional Convention
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201-214
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