Petition to the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled... /by the People of Washington Territory in delegate convention assembled, 1889 Jan 3.

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Petition to the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled... /by the People of Washington Territory in delegate convention assembled, 1889 Jan 3.

The petition for statehood signed by Watson C. Squire, H. C. Wilmarth, and Henry L. Wilson.

2 p.; 33 x 43 cm.

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Wilson, H. Lane (Henry Lane), 1871-1915

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Squire, Watson C. (Watson Carvosso), 1838-1926

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Watson C. Squire was born in 1838 in New York and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1859. He was principal of the Moravia Institute in New York when the Civil War began. Over the next two years he fought as a Union soldier in the New York Volunteers 19th Infantry Regiment and served at Harper's Ferry under Gen. Nathaniel Banks. Following his graduation from Cleveland Law School in 1862, he answered the call for more men, raised the 7th Independent Company of Ohio Sharpshooters, and was commi...

Washington (State). Ellensburg Statehood Convention.

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Ellensburg Statehood Convention (ca. 1859-1889). From the description of Petition to the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled... /by the People of Washington Territory in delegate convention assembled, 1889 Jan 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128521 ...

Wilmarth, H. C.

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