Puget Sound : Tacoma, Washington, 1878 and 1884.

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Puget Sound : Tacoma, Washington, 1878 and 1884.

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Volume 1 - dictation recorded by Amos Bowman at Tacoma, June 5, 1878. volume 2 - letter, Jan. 25, 1884, to Mrs. F.F. Victor. Chiefly concerning steam navigation on Puget Sound, 1854-1884. Notes on express and steamboat service in Washington and Oregon; Ft. Nisqually and Hudson's Bay Company; trails in eastern Washington. Express and steamboat business in Washington and Oregon, 1853-1884, especially on Puget Sound, with remarks on the Hudson's Bay Company operations at Fort Nisqually; on Angus McDonald, once Chief Factor; and on trails across eastern Washington. Included in volume 2 is a letter to Mrs. F.F. Victor, Olympia, 1884.

Originals : 2 volumes ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (19 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:4) and positive.

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