Governor Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1889-1893.

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Governor Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1889-1893.

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General subject and correspondence files documenting official government issues, concerns and activities, including pardon, clemency and appointment documents. The files typically include incoming and outgoing correspondence, reports, and other material pertaining to particular issues.

4 cubic ft.

Washington State Archives, Southwest Regional Branch

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Washington (State). Governor (1889-1893 : Ferry)

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Elisha Peyre Ferry was born in Monroe, Mich. in 1825, the son of Pierre Peyre Ferry, one of Napoleon's colonels of cavalry who emigrated from France in 1814. Elisha studied law and was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty. In 1848 he moved to Waukegan, Illinois, where he practiced law and was elected the first mayor of Waukegan. He was a member of the constitutional convention for Illinois in 1861, and from 1861 to 1863 he was bank commissioner for that state. During the Civil W...

Ferry, Elisha P. (Elisha Peyre), 1825-1895

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