Robert Hitchman papers 1836-1986 1952-1979

Garfielde, S. (Selucius), 1822-1883

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Selucius Garfielde was a Delegate from the Territory of Washington. Selucius was born in Shoreham, Vermont on Dec. 8, 1822. He moved to Galipolis, Ohio and then to Paris, Kentucky where he worked in the newspaper trade. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1849. Garfielde immigrated to California in 1851 where he served as a member of the State House of Representatives. He studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1854. He practiced law in San Francisco, CA. In 1857, he...

Gamwell, Roland G. (Roland Greene), 1863-

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Wiedemann, Thomas

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Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862

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Graduate of West Point who served in Mexican War. Indian agent, Governor and delegate to Congress for Washington Territory. Chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee in 1860. Major General in Union Army and killed at Chantilly, Va. in 1862. From the description of Letter, Aug. 9, 1860. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662318 Born 1818 in Andover, Mass.; graduate of West Point; served in Mexican War, 1846-47; Indian agent for Washing...

Hitchman, Robert

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Robert Hitchman was an insurance agent, book collector, bibliographer, and an amateur historian of the Pacific Northwest. His specific area of focus was the origin of local place names, as the author of the book Place Names of Washington (Tacoma, Wash. : Washington State Historical Society, 1985). He also published a bibliographic newsletter on local historical writings entitled Sighted From the Crow's Nest (Seattle). Hitchman was born in Denver, Colorado on October 28th...

Gamwell, Roland G.  (Roland Greene),  1863

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Christie, James Halbold

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Cook, James, 1728-1779

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James Cook (b. November 7, 1728, Marton, Great Britan-d. February 14, 1779, Hawaii) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. He became an apprentice to some shipowners in Whitby. In 1759 he became master of his own ship, the Northumberland. The following winter, while laid up in Halifax, he studied mathematics and attained a sound knowledge of astronomical navigation. Cook went on to become an eminent circumnavigator. He made many geographical discoveries, ...

Meany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935

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Edmond S. Meany was a historian, writer and collector. From the guide to the Edmond S. Meany letter to T. C. Elliott, 1920 July 7, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) University of Washington professor of history, politician, editor and author, Edmond S. Meany was born in Michigan in 1862, but came to Washington Territory with his family in 1877. He enrolled in the University of Washington in 1880. His academic career was postponed by his father's death, but he grad...