Lander family papers, 1848-1863.

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Lander family papers, 1848-1863.

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Correspondence, documents, photographs, and political and military broadside and printed materials of Edward and Frederick Lander. Topics covered include exploration of Washington Territory and the Northwest Passage, the Civil War, proposal of the pacific railroad, and political activities in Washington Territory. Also includes some items pertianing to Louisa Lander.

3 folders.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Lander family.

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Edward Lander, born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1816, graduated from Harvard in 1835 and stutied law. He served in the Mexican War and from 1853-1857 served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory. He practiced law in Washington, D.C. following a period as counsel for the Hudson Bay Company. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1907. Frederick West Lander, born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1822, died as a result of wounds received fighting in the Civil War (...

Landers family.

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Lander, F. W. (Frederick West), 1821-1862

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Explorer, engineer, and army officer. From the description of Papers of F. W. Lander, 1836-1894 (bulk 1849-1862). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062217 ...

Lander, Edward, 1816-1907

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BIOGRAPHY Edward Lander (1816-1907) was born in Salem, Mass. and died in Washington, D. C. He graduated from Harvard in 1835 and then studied law. In 1841 he moved to Indiana where he was a prosecuting attorney for eight counties. At the outbreak of the Mexican War he enlisted and raised a company of light infantry which later served with Gen. Taylor's Army. He was honorably discharged in 1848. In 1850 he was appointed to the Indiana Court of...