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Enos B. Peaslee papers, 1890-1908
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Peaslee, Enos B.
- Title
- Enos B. Peaslee papers
- Dates
- 1890-1908 (inclusive)18901908
- Quantity
- .21 cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection Number
- 0630 (Accession No. 0630-001)
- Summary
- Papers of a pioneer of Chelan County, Washington concerning cases involving land claims in Chelan County (1890-1906)
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access restricted: For terms of access, contact Special Collections for details.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Enos B. Peaslee was born in Orono, Maine in 1842. He worked as an accountant before serving as Ship's Writer in the U.S. Navy in 1864-1865. He married Anna J. Richardson in 1873 and the couple moved to Minnesota where their daughter Emilie was born in 1886. Shortly after their daughter was born, the family moved to Washington State and Enos became manager of the Lake Chelan Lumber Company. Enos and his wife then moved to Seattle. His wife died in 1912. Enos moved to the National Home for Disabled Veterans in Los Angeles in October 1911. He died April 16, 1915.
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
An 1890s' land dispute took place in Chelan County, Washington involving Chelan Native known as Long Jim, who homesteaded land while the rest of the Chelan people moved to the reservation, and a non-Native man, Enos Peaslee, who claimed the land as his own. Peaslee recevied a letter from December 2, 1890 from J.C. Lawrence, registrar of Chelan County, notifying Peaslee that his claim to land was in conflict with a land claimed by Long Jim. A hearing was ordered to decide the correct status of the land in question. Peaslee declared that he wished to reside on the land on which he had filed on July 14, 1890. Peaslee claimed he did not think that any Native people had claims on the land when he took it, and he also claimed Long Jim and another Chelan named Cultus Bob threatened him with violence if he did not cede the land. A lawyer he consulted suggested that, while he could not defy the government in its support of Long Jim, he should hold on to the claim to make it clear that he left the land only under compulsion. On July 9, 1892, the Commissioner of the General Land Office decided that the Native applicants were entitled to have allotments of the lands made to them in an agreement from July 7, 1883, and that the right of the white claimants of the same lands was subordinate to the previous and superior right of the Native Chelan claimants.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence and court papers concerning Enos Peaslee vs. United States and United States vs. R.W. Starr, cases involving Indian land claims in Chelan County (1890-1906). One letter is about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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1/1-4 | Correspondence
29 letters regarding Peaslee vs. USA amd USA vs. R.W. Starr,
concerning a land claim in Chelan County. The land claim was contested by
certain Native people. Correspondents are: US land office, John Beard Allen,
R.W. Starr, Joseph H. Dawes, US Office of Indian Affairs, Samuel Clarence
Hyde
|
1890-1897 |
1/5-6 | Court Papers
Court papers and related items including maps, receipts, etc.
|
1890-1893, undated |
1/7 | Notes | 1893-1896 |
1/8 | Clippings | 1891, undated |
1/9 | Miscellaneous
C.S. Farquar to Mrs. Peaslee, San Francisco, June 8, 1906; tintype
of two Civil War soldiers
|
1906, undated |
1/10 | Emilee Stewart Peaslee - Correspondence | undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Indians of North America--Land tenure--Washington (State)--Chelan County
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906
Personal Names
- Allen, John Beard, 1845-1903--Correspondence
- Peaslee, Enos B.--Archives
- Peaslee, Enos B.--Trials, litigation, etc
- Starr, R. W.--Trials, litigation, etc
Corporate Names
- United States. General Land Office--Correspondence