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Alexander Smith Johnson papers, 1864-1878.
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Alexander Smith Johnson papers, 1864-1878Creator/Contributor:
Johnson, Alexander Smith, 1817-1878, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Gibbs, George., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Rose, John, Sir, CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Cushing, Caleb., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Baker, George E., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Gairdner, W. I., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Curtis, B. R., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Day, Thomas D., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Rose, C. T., Mrs, CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Cushing, J. N., Mrs, CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Adams, E. C., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Alley, Louise I., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Coxe, S. Hanson., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Homes, H. A., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Johnson, Alex B., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Johnson, Arthur B., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Johnson, May L., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Johnson, W. C., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Reynolds, John H., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Southmayd, Charles F., CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Williams, F. E. J., CorrespondentAbstract:
In volume 1 are 162 letters and telegrams received, including many concerning the work of the commission: 73 from George Gibbs,
1864-1868, affording sidelights on affairs in Washington, D.C., during the Johnson Administration; 34 from Sir John Rose,
1864-1871; 20 from Caleb Cushing, 1864- 1868; 7 from George E. Baker, 1864-1865; 5 from W.I. Gairdner, 1865-1866; 2 from B.R.
Curtis, 1865; 1 from Thomas D. Day, 1865; and one each from C.T. (Mrs. John) Rose, 1865, and J.N. (Mrs. Caleb) Cushing, 1865.
Personal correspondents include E.C. Adams, 1867; Louise I. Alley, 1867; S. Hanson Coxe, 1867; H.A. Homes, 1867 (2); Alex
B. Johnson, 1867; Arthur B. Johnson, 1867 (5); May L. Johnson, 1868; W.C. Johnson, 1867 (2); John H. Reynolds, 1867; Charles
F. Southmayd, 1867; and F.E.J. Williams, 1867. Volume 2 contains only Johnson's check book, with stubs dated 1875-1878.
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1864 (issued)Subject:
British and American Joint Commission for the Final Settlement of the Claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies.Hudson's Bay Company.
Puget Sound Agricultural Company.
Note:
Maps and plats transferred to the map collection of The Bancroft Library.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Maps and photographs formerly in volume 2 transferred to the Maps Collection and the Pictorial Collection of The Bancroft
Library.
Johnson was the U.S. member of the British and American joint commission for the final settlement of the claims of the Hudson's
Bay Company and Puget Sound Agricultural Company, as provided by the treaty of 1863.
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English