Port Townsend history, undated

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Kuhn, Joseph A.
Title
Port Townsend history
Dates
undated (inclusive)
Quantity
1 Volume, ( )
Collection Number
Cage 4892
Summary
Typescript excerpts and copies of documents related to Port Townsend, Washington, history. Includes an excerpt from the diary of the lighthouse keeper at Blunt's Island; an article on Alfred Augustus Plummer by Joseph A. Kuhn; an excerpt from Snowden's History of Washington; and a copy of an article from the Boston Journal on John Plummer of Alfred, Maine. Includes a manuscript note: "This material was obtained from Mrs. O. C. O'Rear who lives here. Mrs. O'Rear is a direct descendant of Plummer."
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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HISTORY OF PIECE

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Typescript excerpts and copies of documents related to Port Townsend, Washington, history. Includes an excerpt from the diary of the lighthouse keeper at Blunt's Island; an article on Alfred Augustus Plummer by Joseph A. Kuhn; an excerpt from Snowden's History of Washington; and a copy of an article from the Boston Journal on John Plummer of Alfred, Maine. Includes a manuscript note: "This material was obtained from Mrs. O. C. O'Rear who lives here. Mrs. O'Rear is a direct descendant of Plummer."

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Subject Terms

  • Frontier and pioneer life -- Washington (State) -- History.
  • Frontier and pioneer life -- Washington (State) -- Port Townsend.
  • Port Townsend (Wash.) -- History.

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