Letters, 1853-1865.

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Letters, 1853-1865.

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George Suckley's correspondence with family, Isaac Stevens, and colleagues, describes the Stevens expedition to survey a northern route for a Pacific railroad in 1853, his life on the west coast 1854-56, the northwest Indian wars of 1854-58, and an 1859 overland journey to Utah with troops in 1859. Some letters document a controversy with Stevens over publication of Suckley's natural history of Washington Territory.

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Suckley, Mary.

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Suckley, John L.

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Suckley, George, 1830-1869

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George Suckley, United States Army surgeon and naturalist, participated in the Northern Pacific Railroad Route Survey led by Isaac I. Stevens. The party made explorations and scientific investigations from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Puget Sound in Washington during the years 1853-57. Suckley collaborated with James G. Cooper on The natural history of Washington territory, which was published in 1859. From the description of Papers of George Suckley, 1846-1886. (Huntington Library, Art C...

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...