Correspondence and records of Captain Robert Colburn Fay, 1820-1872, local Indian agent, Penn's Cove and Scatchet Head, Whidbey Island, and Port Townsend, December 29, 1856-September 30, 1861 [microform]. 1856-1861.

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Correspondence and records of Captain Robert Colburn Fay, 1820-1872, local Indian agent, Penn's Cove and Scatchet Head, Whidbey Island, and Port Townsend, December 29, 1856-September 30, 1861 [microform]. 1856-1861.

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