[Petition to the President of the United States by the residents of the western division of the proposed Territory of Arizona]Appel, Nathan B.Brady, Peter R.Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890.Hastings, L. W.Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865[circa 1863]Manuscript petition, in an unidentified hand, to the President of the United States, requesting that he appoint residents of the territory to provisional government offices. The petitioners also ask that L. W. Hastings, a respected Arizona lawyer, be appoManuscript, signed multiple times.text