A martial law has been proclaimed, [1856?].

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A martial law has been proclaimed, [1856?].

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Poem, written in manuscript in an unidentified hand, by "Captain Thunderbolt of the Spitfire Company." The poem concerns declaration of martial law in Washington Territory by Governor Isaac Ingalls Stevens in 1856. The poem is headed "Fast Poetry."

1 item (2 p.) ; 30 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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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...