Daniel Bagley papers

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Bagley, Daniel, 1818-1905
Title: Daniel Bagley papers
Quantity: .67 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Collection Number: 4602 (Accession No. 4602-001)
Summary: Papers of a Washington State pioneer, Methodist pastor, businessman, and civic leader.
Repository: 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: The papers are open to all users.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Daniel Bagley was a Washington State pioneer, Methodist pastor, businessman, and civic leader. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1818 and died in Seattle in 1905. His wife, Susannah Rogers Whipple, was born in Massachusetts in 1819 and died in Seattle in 1913. Bagley became a minister of the Methodist Church in 1842, and in 1852 he was chosen by its board of missions to represent its teachings in Oregon Territory. In the same wagon train with the Dexter Horton, Thomas Mercer, Aaron Mercer, William Shoudy, and John Pike families, Bagley left Illinois in 1852 and settled first in Salem, Oregon. In 1860 the family moved to Seattle.

In March 1861 the Washington territorial legislature appointed Bagley, John Webster, and Edmund Carr as commissioners of the newly established Territorial University. Bagley was named president of the commission and was one of those responsible for acquisition and sale of university lands. He was also actively involved in the functions of the Republican Party in the territory, and in the development of real estate in Seattle. In partnership with George F. Whitworth, Josiah Settle, and Clarence Bagley, he organized the Lake Washington Coal Company, which developed commercial coal mining in the area now known as Newcastle.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Contains correspondence, legal documents, and other material documenting the enterprises of Daniel Bagley in nineteenth-century Washington Territory. Correspondents include Arthur Armstrong Denny.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Restrictions on Use

The creator's literary rights have not been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Preferred Citation

Daniel Bagley Papers, Accession No. 4602-001. Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in multiple series: incoming and outgoing correspondence (a total of 356 letters); financial miscellany; legal documents, including court papers, deeds, land agreements, indentures, memoranda, powers of attorney, and documents relating to the Lake Washington Coal Company; miscellany, including speeches, charts, etc.; and a Washington (Territory) University land sales record book.

Incoming correspondence is filed by name of author and given individual name folders when either quantity of letters or unique content indicated the importance of the correspondent. Remaining letters are filed alphabetically in miscellaneous name folders. Outgoing letters are filed chronologically. The remaining series are arranged in approximate chronological order.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Clarence Booth Bagley.

Related Materials

The papers of Clarence Booth Bagley, Daniel Bagley's son, should be used in conjunction with the Daniel Bagley papers, as many of the enterprises which concerned both of them are more fully documented in the Clarence Bagley collection. The Clarence Bagley papers, Manuscript Collection 0036, are also available in the Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Incoming correspondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Individual correspondents
Box/Folder
1/1	Alvord, Thomas M., 1832- 3 items	1868
1/2	Bagley, Clarence Booth, 1843-1932 1 item	1874
1/3	Bagley, Susannah Whipple, 1819-1913 17 items	1867-1870
1/4	Bagley, William 7 items	1892-1902
1/5	Barnard, William E. 8 items	1866-1867
1/6	Blinn, Marshall 1 item	1883
1/7	Brannan, Joseph, 1825- and Sara V. 9 items	1888-1897
1/8	Brents, Thomas Hurley, 1840- 1 item	1888
1/9	Carr, Edmund 3 items	1868-1870
1/10	Carr, J. Tyler 3 items	1869-1870
1/11	Car, Ossian J. 11 items	1866-1875
1/12	Denny, Arthur Armstrong, 1822-1899 18 items	1863-1882
1/13	Evans, Elwood 1 item	1887
1/14	Garfielde, Selucius, 1822-1881 4 items	1866-1875
1/15	Givler, M. 3 items	1887, 1891
1/16	Gowey, John F. 4 items	1885, 1887
1/17	Horton, Dexter, 1825-1904 1 item	1868
1/18	Jacobs, Orange, 1827-1914 5 items	1876-1878
1/19	Jenner, Charles Kirkham, 1846- 4 items	1881-1882
1/20	Lansdale, R. H. 8 items	1886, 1887, 1892
1/21	Leary,. John, 1837-1905 2 items	1897, undated
1/22	Longsworth, M. A. 4 items	1895-1899
1/23	McGuire, Mary Ann 4 items	1892, 1896
1/24	McNaught, Ferry & McNaught, Seattle, Washington 2 items	1880-1881
1/25	Mitchell and Lewis Company, Portland Oregon 3 items	1891
1/26	Mix, James D. 4 items	1870-1871
1/27	Moore, Phillip D. 1 item	1868
1/28	Newell, William A, 1817-1901 1 item	1884
1/29	Turney, L. Jay S. 1 item	1861
1/30	United States General Land Office 3 items	1882, 1887, 1892
1/31	United States Indian Affairs Office 8 items	1883-1890
1/32	United States Land Office, Olympia, Washington 12 items	1866-1883
1/33	United States Land Office, Vancouver, Washington 4 items	1864-1882
1/34	Whitworth, George F., 1816- 1 item	1886
1/35	Yantis, J. V. 2 items	1886, 1889
1/36	Yesler, Henry L. 1810-1892 1 item	1867
	Miscellaneous correspondents
Box/Folder
1/37	Abbott, L. G.	1869
1/37	Abbott, S. B.	1866
1/37	Affley, Eva B.	undated
1/37	Allen, J. R.	1867
1/37	Anthony, B. W.	1888
1/38	Bagley, Mr. and Mrs., and Agnes	1898
1/38	Bagley, A. H.	1896
1/38	Bagley, Adella	1903
1/38	Bagley, Ellen	1898
1/38	Bagley, Josiah	1893
1/38	Bagley, Myrta	1883
1/38	Bagley, O. H. and L. J.	1870
1/38	Bagley, Rena	undated
1/38	Beach, L. P.	1869
1/38	Bell, John 2 items	1869
1/38	Bell, W. N.	1867
1/38	Brown, Beriah F.	1869
1/38	Browning, John T.	1867
1/38	Bryan, H. E. A. 3 items	1867, 1870
1/38	Brygges, Anna S.	1898
1/38	[Bullins?], George W.	1894
1/38	Byles, C. N.	1866
1/38	Bywater, C. M.	1881
1/39	Caton, H. S.	1884
1/39	Coe, B. W.	1878
1/39	Cook, S. M.	1892
1/39	Chambers, A. J.	1894
1/39	Clymer, C.	1868
1/39	Coombs, Samuel F.	1891
1/40	Denny, David T.	1883
1/40	Dickenson, Obediah 2 items	1870, 1890
1/40	Dodge, John	1867
1/40	Donohoe, Kelly & Company, San Francisco, California	1873
1/40	Edis, Rhoda A.	undated
1/40	Edwards, George	1876
1/40	Edwards, O. W.	1886
1/40	Ferry, Elisha Peyre	1889
1/40	Fletcher, Thomas P.	1871
1/40	Freemasons, General Grand Secretary	1871
1/40	Freemasons, Grand Lodge of Washington	1896
1/40	Freemasons, St. John's Lodge, No. 9 2 items	1889, 1870
1/41	Graves, Franklin P.	1898
1/41	Guye, F. M.	1880
1/41	Hale, Henry C.	1897
1/41	Hallowell, Henry G. 2 items	1885, 1893
1/41	Hammond, Eliza A.	1899
1/41	Hammond, William	1890
1/41	Hayes, P. C.	1838
1/41	Hewitt, R. H.	1866
1/41	Hill, B. A.	1877
1/41	Holgate, L. J.	1838
1/41	Hunter, W. H.	1869
1/41	Island Company, Washington Territory Auditor v.	1893
1/42	Johnson, Jasper W.	1900
1/42	Johnson, W. W.	1863
1/42	Jones, R. S.	1900
1/42	Keach, Philip	1866
1/42	Keally, W. F.	1886
1/42	Kendrick, Rodney	1892
1/42	Littlejohn, H. J.	1889
1/42	Longsworth, B. N. 2 items	1891, 1892
1/43	McCracken, John 2 items	1869
1/43	McCullough, Robert	1879
1/43	McElroy G. B.	1886
1/43	McNaught, James	1889
1/43	Mann, S. H.	undated
1/43	Maple, E. P.	undated
1/43	Maple, J. W.	1893
1/43	Meany, Edmond S.	1894
1/43	Mercer, Annie E	1883
1/43	Metcalf, Adeline I. 2 items	1891, 1892
1/43	Methodist Protestant Board of Publication, Baltimore, Maryland	1886
1/43	Moore, C. W.	1891
1/43	Mullan, John	1890
1/43	Munson, J. S. C. 2 items	1837
1/44	Neyce, J. H.	1869
1/44	Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Pacific Division	1876
1/44	Pacific Mason magazine	1896
1/44	Phillips, L. S.	1869
1/44	Page, Emily H.	undated
1/44	Pike, F. E.	1898
1/44	Pincus, Isaac	1890
1/44	Price, P. S.	1870
1/44	Puget Mill Company, Port Gamble, Washington	1864
1/45	Renton, William	1866
1/45	Richardson, Edwin 2 items	1866
1/45	Robbins, Joseph	1887
1/45	Roberts, T. F. 2 items	1892, 1896
1/45	Sanderlin F. M.	1898
1/45	Seattle Lumber & Commercial Company	1883
1/45	Shattuck, Charles B.	1875
1/45	Shields, H. E.	1896
1/45	Smith, Jesse	1901
1/45	Stacy, M. V. B. 2 items	1884
1/45	Stone & Burnett, Seattle, Washington	1870
1/46	Taylor, Fred E.	1905
1/46	Tibbetts, George W.	1893
1/46	United States Land Office, Seattle, Washington	1888
1/46	United States Treasury Department	1864
1/46	Washington Territory Supreme and District Court Clerk	1877
1/46	Washington Territory Surveyor General 2 items	1874
1/46	Washington Mill Company, Seabeck, Washington	1875
1/46	Ward, Dillis B. 2 items	1869, 1883
1/46	Webb, Thomas	1893
1/46	Webster, H. A.	1876
1/46	Weed, G. A.	1870
1/46	West, M. F.	1870
1/46	West Coast Improvement Company, Seattle, Washington	1899
1/46	Whipple, A. J.	1904
1/46	Whitworth, F. H.	1881
1/46	Winsor, Charles F. 2 items	1868
1/46	Winsor, H.	1868
1/46	Zack, James C.	1876
Box/Folder
1/47	Letters introducing Bagley 2 items
Box/Folder
1/47	Bailey Gatzert to A. Schwabacher, San Francisco, California	21 November 1870
1/47	N. Andrew Chilberg to E. A. Holbrook, Chicago	12 May 1888
1/48	Letters in which Bagley is referred to 4 items	1864-1890
Box/Folder
1/48	J. M. Edmunds (General Land Office) to Register, Olympia, Washington	2 April 1864
1/48	Treasury Department to Andrew B. Young	7 March 1879
1/48	M. V. B. Stacy to Dexter Horton & Company	18 October 1884
1/48	Wilfred M. Kellogg to Rolland S. Denny	1 November 1899
1/49	Letters from unidentified parties 6 items	1865-1869, 1890

Outgoing correspondence, 1859-1897Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/1,2

63 items

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2/1-2	Bagley to Marshall Blinn, Seabeck, Washington 8 items	1861-1866
2/1-2	Bagley to Selucius Garfielde 1 item	1868
2/1-2	Bagley to William Pickering, Jr., photostat letter	1869

Financial miscellany, circa 1867-1898Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/3

10 items

Legal documents, circa 1861-1902Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2/4	Court papers 13 items	1871-1898
2/5	Deeds, land agreements, mortgages, etc. 15 items	1861-1892
2/6	Indentures 26 items	1873-1902
2/7	Memoranda, powers of attorney, etc. 14 items	1885-1894
2/8	Documents relating to the Lake Washington Coal Company 2 items	1867

Miscellany, speeches, charts, etc.Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/9

25 items

Washington Territory University, land sale record book, circa 1861-1888Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/10, 11

2 volumes

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Businessmen--Washington (State)--Archives
Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
Clergy--Washington (State)--Archives
Coal mines and mining--Washington (State)
Methodist Church--Clergy--Washington (State)--Archives
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Pioneers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives

Personal Names

Bagley family--Correspondence
Bagley, Daniel, 1818-1905--Archives
Denny, Arthur Armstrong, 1822-1899

Corporate Names

Lake Washington Coal Company
Territorial University (Wash.)

Geographical Names

Washington (State)--Politics and government--19th century

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