United States Office of Explorations and Surveys correspondence [microform], 1853-1861.

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United States Office of Explorations and Surveys correspondence [microform], 1853-1861.

Relating to Isaac Stevens' survey of a northern route for the Pacific Railway. Stevens was governor of Washington at the time.

1 partial microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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United States. Office of Explorations and Surveys

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Isaac I. Stevens was born in 1818 at Andover, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of West Point and served in the Mexican War, from 1846 to 1847. Stevens was also an Indian agent for Washington Territory, chief of the Northern Pacific Railroad survey, governor of Washington Territory, from 1853 to 1857, and territorial delegate to Congress in 1857. During the Civil War, he was a major general in the Union Army, and died at Chantilly, Va. in 1862. From the description of United States Of...

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...

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...