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ready to take charge of the territory and to receive from the hands of 

 Governor Steele^ such authority as remained in the provisional territory 

 of Jefferson. 



' Steele issued a proclamation recommending the citizens to remain "loyal and true" to the federal 

 govermnent on May 23, Rocky Mountain News, May 29, 1861. He handed over the government to Gilpin 

 on June 6. Smiley, 321, 322. 



