Territorial Governor Isaac I. Stevens papers, 1853-1857.

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Territorial Governor Isaac I. Stevens papers, 1853-1857.

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The collection consists primarily of General Subject Files, which include mostly correspondence and other administrative records organized alphabetically by subject. The other major collection held by the State Archives is the Territorial Volunteer Papers, which include approximately 2,000 pages of Stevens' correspondence as Commander-in-Chief.

1.5 cubic ft.

Washington State Archives, Southwest Regional Branch

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SNAC Resource ID: 8064718

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Washington Territory. Governor (1853-1857 : Stevens)

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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...

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...