Llewellyn T. Seavy papers, 1871-1927.

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Llewellyn T. Seavy papers, 1871-1927.

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Letter-diary and diary kept by Seavey during his service with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, detailing shipboard life and medical cases; diary of a trip from Liverpool, England to New Orleans (1876) and trip on the Norris from San Francisco to Mexico and return (1883); letter from Vandelia Hogan describing her sister's illness and death from breast cancer (1871); Seavey's "Medical record visiting list, or physician's diary" (1883-1884), listing visits, payments, and some diagnoses; record of examinations performed by the Board of U.S. Examining Surgeons, Bureau of Pensions at Port Townsend of which Seavy was a member (1898-1924), including extensive detail of examinations performed on veterans making application for various pension adjustments; and letter from Seavy to Seattle Post-Intelligencer concerning the derelict Japanese fishing vessel Rio Gil Mano (1927).

2 boxes.

Washington State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6863816

Washington State Historical Society

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Rio Gil Mano (Ship)

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Pacific Mail Steamship Company

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The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was incorporated in 1848 to engage in the steamship business after receiving a contract from the U.S. government to provide mail service between Panama and the Oregon coast. The organizer and first president of the company was William H. Aspinwall. The company prospered, expanded its fleet, and began service to the Orient in 1867. By the mid-1880s they were sailing to 47 ports across the Pacific Ocean, including ports in Central America and Mexico. T...

Norris (Ship)

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Grenada (Ship)

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United States. Board of Examining Surgeons

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Seavy, Llewellyn, 1851-1932

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Physician, of Port Townsend, Wash.; graduated from medical department of University of California in 1878; worked as police surgeon for San Francisco for several months and then joined the Pacific Mail Steamship Company as a surgeon, serving from 1879-1881; settled in Port Townsend and practiced medicine there until his death. From the description of Llewellyn T. Seavy papers, 1871-1927. (Washington State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 154690038 ...

United States. Pension Bureau

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Bureau responsible for sending out war pensions. From the description of Pension and certificate, 1903 Oct. 26. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 24273584 Brady was born in Batavia, N.Y., 14 Feb. 1847. He enlisted 25 July 1862, at Batavia, to serve three years. Mustered in as a drummer, Co. F., 28th Regiment, N.Y.S. Volunteers. Transferred to Co. D, 10th Maine Volunteers, 3 June 1863. The 10th Maine Volunteers consolidated with the 29th Maine in Dec. 1863...

Hogan, Vandalia

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City of Panama (Ship)

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