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This month's featured document is the
Concurrent Resolution on the death of President Abraham Lincoln
Originally part of the New Mexico Territory, Arizona sought separate territorial
status as early as 29 August 1856. However, it was not until President Abraham
Lincoln signed the law creating the Territory of Arizona on 24 February 1863
that Arizona was on its way to separate territorial status. Finally, Arizona
became a territory, separate from New Mexico, on 29 December 1863. Fourteen
months later, on 14 April 1865, President Lincoln was at the Ford's Theatre,
in Washington D.C., when John Wilkes Booth, an actor, shot and killed him.
This document is the official expression of Arizona Territory's sentiments
on the assassination of the president who gave Arizona its territorial status.
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Lincoln Resolution (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
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Updated: 05/08/2009
