Washington Territory Governors' Papers 1877-1891

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Washington Territory Governors' Papers 1877-1891

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Transcriptions and photocopies. Correspondence concerning Indian affairs, artesian wells, livestock, elective franchise, railroad rates, military affairs and women's suffrage by Elisha P. Ferry, 1877-1891; Charles E. Laughton, 1890-1891; Miles C. Moore, 1899; W.A. Newell, 1888; Eugene Semple, 1888-1889; Watson C. Squire, 1884. Also, reports to the Secretary of the Interior, 1886-1888.

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