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Charles M. Bradshaw dictation and manuscripts on Washington territorial history, circa 1887.
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Title:

Charles M. Bradshaw dictation and manuscripts on Washington territorial history, circa 1887
Hubert Howe Bancroft collection

Creator/Contributor:

Bradshaw, Charles M., 1831-, creator

Creator/Contributor:

New Dungeness Vigilance Committee

Abstract:

The dictation (3 leaves) describes Bradshaw's emigration to Portland, 1852, and thence to Puget Sound; admission to the Washington bar; political career as sheriff, justice of the peace, legislative representative, prosecuting attorney, and mayor of Port Townsend; and his association with the New Dungeness Vigilance Committee. A supplemental narrative (17 leaves) concerns the vigilance committee and Bradshaw's opposition to it, 1864-1866. Volume 2 is a History of Jefferson and Clallam Counties written by Bradshaw (172 leaves, A. Ms., 22 cm.). Some pages were missing when the Ms. came into Bancroft's hands.

Date:

1887 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-wa
Vigilance committees -- Washington (State)
Lawyers -- Washington (State)
Mayors -- Washington (State) -- Port Townsend
Lawyers
Mayors
Politics and government
Vigilance committees
Washington (State) -- Politics and government
Jefferson County (Wash.)
Clallam County (Wash.)
Puget Sound (Wash.)
Washington (État) -- Politique et gouvernement
Puget Sound (Wash.)
Pacific Ocean -- Puget Sound
Washington (State)
Washington (State) -- Clallam County
Washington (State) -- Jefferson County
Washington (State) -- Port Townsend
Bradshaw, Charles M -- 1831- -- Archives

Note:

Also available on microfilm.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.
In English.
Preferred citation: Charles M. Bradshaw dictation and manuscripts on Washington territorial history, BANC MSS P-B 70, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Archives.
Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

print
2 volumes
partial microfilm reel (198 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:10) and positive

Language:

English

Origin:

Washington (State)