Washington sketches : Port Townsend, Washington : ms.S, 1878.

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Washington sketches : Port Townsend, Washington : ms.S, 1878.

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Concerning voyage to California from Massachusetts, 1849-1850; shipping interests in California and on the Pacific; service as private secretary in Washington, D.C., to Governor Isaac I. Stevens; publication in 1857 of his The Northwest Coast; newspaper work; teaching experiences as the Makah Indian Reservation at Neeah Bay, 1862-1866; ethnological studies of the Makah and Haidah Indians; and later law practice.

Originals : 16 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (17 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:4) and positive.

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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...

Swan, James G., 1818-1900

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James Swan was a lawyer who specialized in admiralty law. He immigrated to Washington Territory from Boston, Mass. in 1852 and developed an interest in Northwest Coast Indian culture that is reflected in many aspects of the records. Throughout his life at Neah Bay and Port Townsend he served as Notary Public and Judge, Pilot Commissioner, Hawaiian Consul, Collector of Customs, and Collector for the Smithsonian Institute and the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries. From the descript...