Sherley [sic] Ensign's power of attorney to B.F. Shaw, 1857 May 7.

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Sherley [sic] Ensign's power of attorney to B.F. Shaw, 1857 May 7.

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This collection consists of a manuscript of a power of attorney signed by Sherley [sic] Ensign, who was a pioneer resident of Thurston County, WA, to B. [Benjamin] F. Shaw, another pioneer resident of Thurston County. Mr. Ensign spells his name Sherley on the power of attorney. In other histories of the County, his name has appeared with the spelling Shirley.

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Ensign, Sherley, b. ca. 1828.

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Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928

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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...

Shaw, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1929 or 30-1908.

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