Letter from John P. Hartman to Dr. Arthur Beardsley at the University of Washington Law Library, 1944 July 27.

University of Washington. Law Library

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Catlett, Hartman, Jarvis & Williams (Firm)

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Hartman, John P. (John Peter), 1857-1945

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In the letter of 1944, Mr. John P. Hartman states that a Mr. G.S. Costello was cleaning up the papers in Mr. C.B. Bagley's home. When he was cleaning up the papers, he "discovered an old Seattle Chronicle of 1883" (April 21, 1883). The article relates the story of Mr. Villard's address when he appeared before the Seattle people concerning the extension of the Northern Pacific Railroad. This appears to be the transmittal letter for the donation of the article. Mr. Henry V...

Costello, G. S.

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Bagley, Clarence, 1843-1932

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Charles Booth Bagley (1843-1932), the son of a prominent Washington State pioneer, is best remembered for his influential work as an author and historian, which includes the groundbreaking books, History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (1916) and History of King County, Washington (1929), both of which were informed by the unique combination of meticulous research and firsthand experience Bagley brought to his writing. Born in Troy Grove, Illi...

Villard, Henry, 1835-1900

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Henry Villard was a journalist, railway promoter, and financier. Born in Bavaria, he came to the United States in 1853. He worked as a journalist for a variety of newspapers and was a Civil War correspondent for the New York Herald and New York Tribune . In 1873 Villard became a representative for a group of German bondholders of the Oregon and California Railroad, and his career as a railroad promoter in the Northwest was launched. He was president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1881-1884. V...

Beardsley, Arthur S. (Arthur Sydney), 1889-1950

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Northern Pacific Railroad Company

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These documents are duplicate copies from the papers of George A. Brackett, now part of the Northern Pacific Railroad collection at the Minnesota Historical Society. From the description of Papers. 1864-1914. (Tri-College Library). WorldCat record id: 18832082 Isaac "Ike" Gravelle was born in Canada in October 1871. He came to the United States in 1886. He was sent to the Montana State Prison in May 1891 on a conviction for horse stealing. After his release in 1893 he worked...