Proclamation, 1856 May 24.
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Isaac I. Stevens was born near Andover, Mass., in 1818. Though often in poor health, he worked as a farm hand until his appointment to West Point, where he graduated first in the class of 1839. He entered the Engineering corps and served with distinction with the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Later he was called to action during the Mexican War and was wounded during the taking of Mexico City in 1848. He emerged from the Mexican War with the rank of brevet major. When Washington Territ...