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14 pp. (8vo), original orange printed wrappers; housed in folding brown cloth chemise, brown morocco and marbled boards slipcase with gilt-lettered spine.

Scarce, early Dakota imprint and an important message regarding the formation of Wyoming, which gained territorial status in 1868, and a government in 1869. Allen, Dakota Imprints, 58; Sabin 18297.

Faulk, who took office as Dakota Territory governor in 1866, describes the situation at Cheyenne and the counties of Laramie and Carter where the governor says "a state of society bordering on anarchy has existed." He tells of the rich gold discoveries in those regions; the building of the Pacific Railroad; the incoming population; turbulence and lawlessness; the Vigilance Committees; and the Congressional acceptance of his proposal for erecting a seperate territory. He reviews the act creating a temporary government in Wyoming, and the reasons why it has not gone into operation, declaring that the time can not be far distant when "a separate government will be in full operation in Wyoming, when, through the regular application of the civil laws crime will be suppressed, and the law abiding citizens will finally be relieved."