Swett, Leonard, 1825-1889
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Leonard Herbert Swett, son of Leonard Swett and Laura Quigg, was born in 1858 in Bloomington, Illinois and traveled extensively in the American West as a surveyor with the United States Geological Survey. He married Rose Maria Skillings (1864-1914) in 1889 and they had at least one child, Laura Rose Swett, born in 1897.
From the guide to the Leonard H. Swett papers, 1867-1934, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Leonard Swett (1825-1889), active in Illinois politics and elected to the state legislature in 1858, was a friend of Abraham Lincoln. In 1865 Swett moved to Chicago, where he became prominent as a lawyer.
From the description of Swett family correspondence, 1864-1897. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129706
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Subjects:
- Cattle
- Cotton trade
- Ranch life
- Surveyors
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- Surveyors
- Surveyors
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- Texas (as recorded)
- Fort Wingate (N.M.) (as recorded)
- New Mexico (as recorded)
- Indian Territory (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Utah (as recorded)
- Albuquerque (N.M.) (as recorded)
