Edward Walker McGraw papers, 1872-1881.

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Edward Walker McGraw papers, 1872-1881.

This collection includes letters (16 pieces) from Matthew Paul Deady, U.S. District Judge in Portland, Oregon, to Edward Walker McGraw, Oregon District Attorney and District Court Judge, San Francisco. Subjects include Oregon and California politics, especially as reflected in local newspapers such as the Oregonian and the San Francisco Chronicle; legal cases before the Court; the Hayes-Tilden election of 1876; and Chinese immigration policies.

.05 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6826381

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Deady, Matthew P. (Matthew Paul), 1824-1893

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Matthew Paul Deady, son of Daniel and Mary Ann (McSweeny) Deady, was born near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland on May 12, 1824. The Deady family worked a farm first in Maryland and, after 1828, in Wheeling, Virginia. Deady received his early education from his father and later at Wheeling's Lancasterian Academy. In 1837, three years after Mary Ann Deady's death, the family moved to Ohio. From 1841 to 1845 Deady was apprenticed to a blacksmith and, at the same time, attended Barnes...

McGraw, Edward Walker.

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Edward Walker McGraw (b. 1837) was Oregon District Attorney and District Court Judge, San Francisco. From the description of Edward Walker McGraw biography [manuscript], 1917. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 768426805 ...