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Eugene Semple papers, 1858-1908
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Semple, Eugene, 1840-1908
- Title
- Eugene Semple papers
- Dates
- 1858-1908 (inclusive)18581908
- Quantity
- 7.2 cubic feet (18 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 0532 (Accession No. 0532-001)
- Summary
- Papers of a lawyer, Oregon state printer, and governor of Washington Territory
- 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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The papers are open to all users.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Eugene Semple came West seeking his fortune in 1863. Semple worked as a lawyer, newspaper editor, amateur engineer and inventor, farmer, and lumberman. Semple also earned appointments to several prominent political offices--Washington Territorial Governor, Washington State Harbor Commissioner and Oregon State Printer. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Washington State.
Eugene Semple, the son of a United States Senator from Illinois, was born in 1840. He left Chicago and moved to Portland in 1863, ostensibly to practice law. By temperament, however, he was suited for other things. Semple quickly abandoned law and got involved in Democratic Party politics and journalism. Eventually, with considerable difficulty, he and a local newspaperman, Thomas Patterson, purchased the floundering Portland Daily Herald in 1869. Semple became its editor and soon began to wage a spirited editorial campaign that helped return the Democrats to control of the state government in 1870. Following the typical “spoils” policy, Governor Lafayette Grover rewarded the Herald with lucrative state printing contracts and appointed Semple State Printer, considering him “the best editor we’ve got.” In 1870, the same year he became State Printer, Semple married Ruth Lownsdale, the daughter of an early Portland settler.
Using profits from the printing contracts and from sales of his wife’s real estate, Semple plunged into a variety of land and building speculations in Portland. The Panic of 1873 wiped out these speculative investments. The years ahead were the nadir of Semple’s career. Bankrupt, he left Portland with his growing family in 1875. The Semples homesteaded in eastern Oregon until Ruth divorced Eugene in 1883 and married another man, leaving Eugene with custody of their four children.
Semple quickly rebounded from the divorce and decided to re-enter politics. Seeking President Grover Cleveland’s nomination as Washington Territorial Governor in 1885, Semple mobilized the help of his influential family in the East and his own political connections in the West. The contest for the appointment consumed more than two years, as various political factions deluged Cleveland with petitions supporting Semple or his rivals. The President eventually chose Semple in 1887 to replace Republican Governor Watson Squire.
Semple’s two-year term as governor coincided with a period of turbulence and expansive growth in the territory. The population of Washington almost doubled during these two years, reaching more than 250,000 people. Many of the immigrants were miners whose demands for better working conditions and union recognition led to violence in the coal mines of the Cascades. Semple deplored the use of company strikebreakers, but refused to intervene forcefully on the workers’ behalf when called upon. He made a sharp distinction, however, between the interests of white workingmen and those of Chinese laborers. Semple thought of the Chinese as members of “a non-assimilating race.” During his gubernatorial campaign and his administration, he refused to condemn anti-Chinese rioters in Tacoma and Seattle even though he asserted that the Chinese had a right to remain in Washington if they so desired.
In addition to labor unrest, Governor Semple had to deal with a host of other problems caused by Washington’s exploding population. He convinced the United States Congress and Interior Department to fund an expansion of the territory’s elementary school system, as well as the construction of a new penitentiary, insane asylum, and school for delinquent youth. Semple also pressed Congress and the territorial legislature to pass laws regulating Washington’s overfished waters, but to no avail.
Women’s enfranchisement was another major issue during Semple’s administration. In 1887, to the chagrin of conservatives, Semple signed a women’s suffrage bill passed by the territorial legislature. The Washington Supreme Court, however, declared the law unconstitutional. Washington women did not earn the ballot again until 1909.
Republican victories in the national election of 1888 brought an end to most Democratic appointments in the territories. In April 1889, Semple was replaced by Miles Moore, a Walla Walla banker. But Semple was not yet off the political stage. Enabling legislation had been passed by Congress before Semple left office authorizing the admission of Washington to statehood. In September 1889, Semple was chosen as his party’s candidate for governor in the first state election. He lost to Elisha Ferry, another former governor of the territory. This was Semple’s last serious projection into politics. Indeed, his two-year stint as governor was really just an interlude in his larger career as a speculator and promoter.
After leaving the governorship, Semple spent his time managing a company he had bought while in office, the Lucia Mill Company in Vancouver, Washington. Unfortunately, the company’s profits were consumed in Semple’s unsuccessful efforts to interest Eastern investors in buying land in the Skagit Valley in the early 1890s. It was, however, in the economically-depressed Seattle of the mid-1890s that Semple undertook the most ambitious project of his business career--the south Seattle ship canal and harbor improvement scheme. Semple’s project was intended to supercede the uncompleted ship canal from Shilshole Bay into Lake Washington with a shorter, more daring route through the tidelands and hills of south Seattle, linking Seattle’s harbor directly with Lake Washington. Semple established the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company and persuaded hundreds of Seattle residents to underwrite the south canal enterprise with a $500,000 subsidy pledge. Work on the south canal began in July 1895.
Semple knew that his project required a more secure form of financing than citizens’ donations. He proposed that the state allow companies to sell liens on tidelands that the companies would later reclaim. Semple planned to use the earth removed from the canal route to fill the tidelands. The legislature approved Semple’s scheme in 1893, but it did not go into effect until the Washington Supreme Court declared the law constitutional in 1898.. Many companies then entered the tideland business, filling Seattle’s tidelands and selling them as sites for waterfront industry and commerce.
The sale of tidelands did not generate enough revenue to allow Semple’s company to complete the difficult and expensive work of building the south Seattle ship canal. In addition, the wealthier and more influential backers of the northern ship canal route undermined Semple’s efforts to obtain financial backing from the local, state, or federal governments. Semple came to regard his opposition--which was pushing the north canal to completion while financial and legal problems continued to beset the south canal--as a conspiracy of “money kings.” Deeply frustrated and nearly bankrupt, Semple resigned as president of the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company in 1903.
During the remainder of his life, Semple attempted to apply his ideas to similar promotions, convinced that he could still become a rich man. The most notable of these later schemes was a plan for bypassing the treacherous bar at the mouth of the Columbia River by digging a large ship canal from Astoria to Seaside, Oregon. Here too he failed, though not for a lack of vivid imagination. Semple lived out his last years on money borrowed from relatives. He died on August 28, 1908.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Eugene Semple papers are primarily composed of correspondence. The letters describe Semple’s editorship of the Portland Herald, his work as Oregon State Printer, his administration as Washington Territorial Governor, his numerous financial speculations, and his relations with his family. Correspondence from the gubernatorial period contains a great deal of information on anti-Chinese agitation and on the drive for women’s suffrage. Records from various businesses managed by Semple are also found in his papers. The activities of the Lucia Mill Company and the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company are documented in detail.
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.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 2 series:
- Personal papers, 1858-1908
- Business papers, 1869-1907
Acquisition Information
The papers of Eugene Semple were received in two installments. The first was deposited by his daughter, Mary Ethel Swanstrom, in 1948; it became Accession No. 0174-001. The second was donated by his granddaughter, Lucy Adair, in 1965; it was designated Accession No. 0532-001.
Processing Note
Biographical note written by Alan Hynding in 1966 and edited by Michael Reese in 1996. Other notes written by Michael Reese in 1996.
Accession No. 0532-001 initially included the papers of Mary Swanstrom and other members of the Semple family. In 1966, the papers of everyone besides Eugene Semple were formed into a separate Semple family collection, Accession No. 4220-001. At the same time, all of Eugene Semple’s papers were processed and merged into a single collection.
Related Materials
Accession No. 4220-001 consists of papers removed from the Eugene Semple collection in 1966. It measures 3.15 cubic feet and primarily consists of the papers of Eugene Semple’s children--Mary Swanstrom, James Semple, and Zoe Semple. They primarily document Mary Swanstrom’s work in the Washington State Historical Society and in restoring Fort Simcoe. They also describe the family and business affairs of the Semple children.
Microform and Newspaper Collections at the University of Washington Libraries has three microfilm reels containing Semple’s correspondence with the United States Department of the Interior during his term as territorial governor.
Additional papers from Semple’s administration can be found in Record Group 1/N of the Washington State Archives in Olympia.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal papersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Outgoing letters Three volumes of
letterpress copybooks and about 2000 unbound letters
Letters reflect his legal practice, editorship of the
Oregon Herald, work as Oregon State
Printer, Democratic Party work in Oregon and Washington, governorship of
Washington Territory and general business and family interests.
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1865-1907 | |
Letterpress
copybooks |
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Box | ||
5 | Volume 1 299 pages
About three-fourths illegible because of water damage.
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1893 March 20-1893 October 1 |
5 | Volume 2 299 pages
Some missing pages.
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1895 July 10-1896 November 20 |
5 | Volume 3 409 pages
About 50 pages illegible because of water damage.
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1896 December 1-1899 June 19 |
Unbound letters |
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Box | ||
1 | 1865 February -1889 February
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1865 February -1889 February |
2 | 1889 March -1897 October
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1889 March -1897 October |
3 | 1897 November -1902 July
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1897 November -1902 July |
4 | 1902 August -1906 May
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1902 August -1906 May |
5 | 1906 June - 1907
December |
1906 June - 1907 December |
Incoming letters |
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Box | ||
6 | Abbott, M.H. 4 items
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1865 |
6 | Abbott, Twyman O. 13 items
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1887-1907 |
6 | Adair, John 18 items
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1904 |
6 | American Publishers
Association 14 items
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1897-1900 |
6 | Ames, Edgar 44 items
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1894-1903 |
6 | Ames, Henry 27 items
|
1893-1905 |
6 | Ames, Lucy 76 items
|
1863-1902 |
6 | Anderson, Charles
Mack 2 items
|
1888 |
6 | Andrews, E.W. 2 items
|
1898 |
6 | Ankeny, Levi 1 item
|
1904 |
6 | Bancroft (A.L.)
Company 6 items
|
1874 |
6 | Barnett, A. M. 3 items
|
1888 |
6 | Bellingham Bay National
Bank 13 items
|
1892-1895 |
6 | Bingham, N.T. 2 items
|
1875-1879 |
6 | Blackman, Henry 1 item
|
1894 |
6 | Blackmer, W.E. 4 items
|
1888 |
6 | Bowers Seattle-Yukon Dredging
Company 5 items
|
1897 |
6 | Bradford, Oscar 5 items
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1874-1879 |
6 | Brainerd, Erastus 3 items
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1894-1902 |
6 | Breckinridge, John
Cable 2 items
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1887 |
6 | Bridges, Robert 2 items
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1897, 1898 |
6 | Brown, Webster 5 items
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1893 |
6 | Burke, Thomas 2 items
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1902 |
6 | Burke, (Thomas), Shepard, and
McGilvra 3 items
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1892-1902 |
6 | Burton, Theodore E. 15 items
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1902-1904 |
7 | Cadwell, E.P. 3 items
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1888-1890 |
7 | Canby, E.L. 5 items
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1892-1893 |
7 | Cann, T.H. 5 items
|
1889 |
7 | Carrier, B.N. 6 items
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1887-1888 |
7 | Carroll, Thomas 7 items
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1888-1893 |
7 | Cochrane, William 1 item
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1889 |
7 | Cushman, Francis W. 3 items
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1902 |
7 | Dawley, J.M. 2 items
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1898 |
7 | De Courey, B.W. 12 items
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1891 |
7 | Democratic Party,
Washington 3 items
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1886-1904 |
7 | Dolph, Joseph N. 1 item
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1893 |
7 | Duniway, Abigail
Scott 2 items
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1872, 1874 |
7 | Dutton, Chauncy N. 3 items
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1895-1896 |
7 | Eastwick, Philip G. 3 items
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1891-1892 |
7 | Egan, John G. 9 items
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1893-1903 |
7 | Emery, C.D. 3 items
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1888 |
7 | Ernst, B.C. 5 items
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1897 |
7 | Evans, Elwood 3 items
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1888 |
7 | Fay, James D. 2 items
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1870 |
7 | Ferry, Elisha P. 5 items
|
1894 |
7 | First National Bank, Blaine,
Washington 9 items
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1890-1895 |
7 | Floyd-Jones, Bel 18 items
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1862-1869 |
7 | Foster, Addison G. 5 items
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1902-1904 |
7 | Franklin County, Washington
(Miscellaneous offices) 3 items
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1888 |
7 | Freemasons 8 items
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1883-1908 |
7 | Gatzert, Bailey 1 item
|
1887 |
7 | Gilfry, Henry H. 3 items
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1871-1894 |
7 | Gilman, Daniel Hunt 2 items
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1893, 1895 |
7 | Glover, T.B. 3 items
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1887-1888 |
7 | Great Northern Railway
Company 6 items
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1902-1904 |
7 | Greene, Roger
Sherman 1 item
|
1904 |
7 | Griffith (L.H.) Realty and
Banking Company, Seattle 4 items
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1891 |
7 | Grover, Lafayette 10 items
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1868-1874 |
7 | Guineau, Thomas E. 6 items
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1894-1897 |
7 | Habersham, R.A. 3 items
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1891 |
7 | Hale, Julius F. 13 items
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1894-1904 |
7 | Hall, William H. 3 items
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1894 |
7 | Hanford, Cornelius
H. 1 item
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1889 |
7 | Hemrich, Andrew 3 items
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1904-1905 |
7 | Hestwood, J.O. 7 items
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1898 |
7 | Heustis, F.D. 4 items
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1893 |
7 | Hicks, Gwin 3 items
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1888, 1889 |
7 | Hicks, U.E. 2 items
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1865 |
7 | Hill, George D. 3 items
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1887-1889 |
7 | Himes, George H. 1 item
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1903 |
7 | Hulbert, Ellen 4 items
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1864-1888 |
7 | Humphrey, William
E. 2 items
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1903, 1908 |
7 | Isham, A.E. 2 items
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1888, 1889 |
7 | Jones, Wesley
Livsey 8 items
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1902-1904 |
7 | Jones, William
Carey 5 items
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1894-1906 |
7 | Junger, Aegidius, Bishop of
Nisqually 2 items
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1887 |
7 | King, John Floyd 3 items
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1886 |
7 | King County, Washington
Sheriff 2 items
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1889 |
7 | Kittitas County, Washington
Sheriff 9 items
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1888-1889 |
7 | Knights of Labor, Spokane
Assembly 4 items
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1884 |
8 | Ladd and Tilton, Bankers,
Portland 3 items
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1895 |
8 | Lewis, James
Hamilton 10 items
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1888-1889 |
8 | Lindsay, William 4 items
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1893 |
8 | Long, Clark 5 items
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1888, 1889 |
8 | Lucia Mill Company 24 items
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1895-1900 |
8 | McBride, George W. 2 items
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1882, 1896 |
8 | McCammon, Joseph K. 36 items
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1889-1903 |
8 | McGraw, John Harte 2 items
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1894-1896 |
8 | McNaughton, John 3 items
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1898-1899 |
8 | Metcalfe, J.B. 4 items
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1887-1888 |
8 | Miller, G.A. 3 items
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1890 |
8 | Miller and
Stapleton 11 items
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1893-1894 |
8 | Mississippi Valley Trust
Company 14 items
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1899-1905 |
8 | Mizner, Lansing B. 40 items
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1863-1890 |
8 | Montgomery, J.B. 2 items
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1893 |
8 | Moody, R.E. 3 items
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1900, 1902 |
8 | Moore, James A. 23 items
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1906-1908 |
8 | Moore, Miles Conway 5 items
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1889-1903 |
8 | Moran, Robert 12 items
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1897-1898 |
8 | Morris and
Whitehead 13 items
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1900-1902 |
8 | Morrison, W.R. 2 items
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1893, 1894 |
8 | Mosher, Lafayette 2 items
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1873, 1875 |
8 | Muckle Brothers 6 items
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1891-1892 |
8 | Mullikin, U. 1 item
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1871 |
8 | Munn and Company 39 items
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1903-1907 |
8 | Nesmith, James W. 2 items
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1870, 1884 |
8 | Newell, William A. 3 items
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1888-1897 |
8 | Northern Pacific Coal
Company 2 items
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1888 |
8 | Northern Pacific Railroad
Company 2 items
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1887, 1893 |
8 | O'Conner, M.H. 2 items
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1889 |
8 | Oregon Governor 4 items
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1873-1887 |
8 | Oregon Improvement
Company 3 items
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1888-1889 |
8 | Owens, H.K. 2 items
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1899, 1900 |
9 | Pacific Coast
Company 2 items
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1899, 1903 |
9 | Pacific County, Washington
Sheriff 2 items
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1887 |
9 | Paine, F.W. 6 items
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1887 |
9 | Parker, Frank J. 42 items
With enclosures
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1885-1892 |
9 | Parry, Will H. 21 items
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1900-1907 |
9 | Paschall, George M. 13 items
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1897-1902 |
9 | Patterson, T[homas] 13 items
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1868-1883 |
9 | Perley Brothers 5 items
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1892-1893 |
9 | Pigott, Harry H. 1 item
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1906 |
9 | Plummer, Fred G. 3 items
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1893 |
9 | Powell, Archibald
O. 4 items
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1906, 1907 |
9 | Prosser, William F. 13 items
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1891-1893 |
9 | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging
Company 5 items
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1902-1903 |
9 | Ritz, Philip 14 items
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1887, 1888 |
9 | Roeder, Henry 4 items
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1888 |
9 | Rollins, C.H. 4 items
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1900-1904 |
9 | Royal Arcanum 5 items
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1904 |
9 | Saleno, Samuel H. 9 items
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1897, 1898 |
9 | Scott, Julia Semple 37 items
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1864-1874 |
9 | Semple, James 6 items
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1865-1866 |
9 | Semple, Mary S. 7 items
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1869-1872 |
9 | Semple, Maude 12 items
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1883-1903 |
9 | Semple family,
miscellaneous 9 items
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1864-1884 |
9 | Sharpstein, John L. 2 items
|
1887, 1888 |
9 | Shipley, T.H.B. 3 items
|
1865-1868 |
9 | Simpson, Sylvester
C. 1 item
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1873 |
9 | Spokane City Guard 2 items
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1888 |
9 | Squire, Watson
Carvosso 6 items
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1887-1894 |
9 | Stevenson, Adlai
Ewing 1 item
|
1893 |
9 | Stillaguamish and Sultan Mining
Company 4 items
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1894, 1895 |
9 | Symons, Thomas W. 33 items
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1894-1907 |
10 | Tobin, Henry G. 5 items
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1889 |
10 | Tongue, Thomas H. 3 items
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1902 |
10 | Trans-Mississippi Commercial
Congress 8 items
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1895-1904 |
10 | Turner, George 3 items
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1887-1902 |
10 | Union Patent Investment
Company 8 items
|
1904-1905 |
10 | United States Army Corps of
Engineers 20 items
|
1892-1906 |
10 | United States Department of the
Interior 6 items
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1889, 1904 |
10 | United States Department of
Justice 8 items
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1887, 1889 |
10 | United States Department of the
Navy 4 items
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1902, 1904 |
10 | United States Treasury
Department 14 items
|
1887-1889 |
10 | Vancouver, Washington
Mayor 2 items
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1892 |
10 | Voorhees, Charles
S. 1 item
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1887 |
10 | Wahkiakum County, Washington
Sheriff 3 items
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1887, 1888 |
10 | Washington Attorney
General 43 items
|
1888-1897 |
10 | Washington (Territory) Hospital
for the Insane 7 items
|
1887 |
10 | Washington (Territory) National
Guard 42 items
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1887-1889 |
10 | Washington Harbor Line
Commission 45 items
|
1890-1893 |
10 | Washington Commissioner of
Public Lands 21 items
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1892-1906 |
10 | Washington, University of
Washington 1 item
|
1888 |
10 | Washington [Various state
government offices] 9 items
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1891-1904 |
10 | Washington (Territory) [Various
territorial government agencies] 3 items
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1887-1889 |
10 | Watson, D.M. 15 items
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1888 |
10 | Watson, W.G. 6 items
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1887-1888 |
10 | Wells, S.A. 3 items
|
1887, 1888 |
10 | Western Drilling
Company 5 items
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1888, 1889 |
10 | White, W.H. 1 item
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1885 |
10 | Wickersham, James 5 items
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1888-1892 |
10 | Wilson, John M. 5 items
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1891-1893 |
10 | Wintermute, J. S. 55 items
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1887-1895 |
10 | Women's suffrage
associations 6 items
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1888 |
10 | Women's Christian Temperance
Union 3 items
|
1888 |
11 | Yakima County and Kittitas
County, Washington District Attorney 6 items
|
1887, 1888 |
11 | Unidentified and incomplete
letters 8 items
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1891, 1903, 1904, undated |
11 | Women's Suffrage Bill of
1887 100 items
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11 | Letters and petitions
recommending Semple for governorship of Washington Territory 11 items
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1885-1887 |
11 | Copies of letters and a
petition relating to strike at coal mines at Roslyn and Newcastle 13 items
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1888 |
11 | Miscellaneous letters to Semple
as Governor 115 items
Mainly concerning patronage, favors, arid sheriff
reports.
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1887-1889 |
Box | ||
12 | Genealogical material and
biographical data |
undated |
13 | Telegram code |
undated |
13 | Diary |
1887, 1889 |
13 | Date books |
1865-1894 |
Agreements |
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Box | ||
13 | Semple a party |
undated |
13 | Semple not a party |
undated |
Court papers |
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Box | ||
13 | Semple a party |
undated |
13 | Cases of Lawrence & Semple
Law Firm, Portland |
1865-1867 |
13 | Relating to Everett, Washington
tidelands |
1893 |
13 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
13 | Clippings |
undated |
Documents |
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Box | ||
13 | Relating to bankruptcy of
Semple and position as Oregon State Printer |
1871-1885 |
13 | Relating to prospective
excavation in Tacoma's harbor |
1893 |
13 | Abstracts of Title |
1858-1868 |
13 | Act incorporating the
University of the Territory of Washington Two certified copies
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1888 |
13 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
13 | Patents |
undated |
Box | ||
14 | Field notes of land
surveys |
undated |
14 | Speeches and writings |
undated |
Financial records |
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Box | ||
14 | Relating to expenses as
Governor of Washington Territory |
undated |
14 | Stocks and bonds |
undated |
Box | ||
14 | Legislative Bills |
undated |
14 | Clippings: Newspaper accounts of
Semple's career from various newspapers |
undated |
14 | Photographs and
sketches |
undated |
14 | Miscellaneous notes |
undated |
Ephemera
Many are annotated
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Box | ||
14 | "Martial Law at Seattle,
Washington Territory," by Semple (Vancouver, Washington Territory,
1886) |
1886 |
14 | "Petition and Statements
Accompanying Chart of Columbia River..." (Register Printing Office, Vancouver,
Washington Territory, 1885) |
1885 |
14 | Report of Governor, Washington
Territory, to Secretary of Interior |
1887 |
14 | Message of the Governor,
Washington Territory, to Legislative Assembly |
1887 |
14 | Columbia Waterway Convention,
Vancouver, Washington Territory |
1886 October |
14 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Box | ||
14 | Estate notes |
1908, 1926, undated |
15 | Covers (envelopes) |
undated |
Business papersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Lucia Mill Company, Vancouver,
Washington |
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Box | ||
16 | Agreements |
1883-1885 |
16 | Incoming
correspondence approximately 50
items
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1893-1899 |
Bigham (A.J.) Huston Co.,
Vancouver, Washington |
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Box | ||
16 | Outgoing correspondence--
letterbook 300 pages
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1884 |
16 | Financial records:
ledger 218 pages
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1884 |
Box | ||
16 | Leonard, Harvey Reid: papers
relating to a balance wrench patent approximately 50
items
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1871-1872 |
Herald Printing Company,
Portland |
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Box | ||
16 | Composition book |
1869 |
Subscription list |
1869 | |
Box | ||
16 | Oregon Herald |
1869 |
16 | Democratic Party,
Oregon |
1869 |
Box | ||
16 | Lincoln Oil and Gas Company,
Washington: miscellaneous papers approximately 20
items
|
1900-1904 |
16 | Snoqualmie Central Development
Company 2 items
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1895 |
Bowers Seattle-Yukon Gold
Dredging Company |
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Correspondence and other
papers approximately 20
items
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1897-1898 | |
Box | ||
16 | Bowers, Alphonzo
B. |
1897-1898 |
16 | Hestwood, James
O. |
1897-1898 |
16 | Moran, Robert |
1897-1898 |
16 | Paschall, George
M. |
1897-1898 |
Seattle General Contract and
Finance Company 7 items
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1907 | |
Box | ||
16 | Letters |
1907 |
16 | Stock certificates |
1907 |
16 | Articles of
incorporation |
1907 |
Washington Harbor Line
Commission |
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Papers regarding Semple's work
as a Commission member 15 items
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1890-1892 | |
Box | ||
17 | Northwestern Lumber Company,
Hoquiam |
1890-1892 |
17 | Seattle, Lake Shore and
Eastern Railway Company |
1890-1892 |
17 | Stimson Mill Company,
Seattle |
1890-1892 |
Box | ||
17 | Semple and Hale law firm,
Portland: docket book 1 volume
|
1893-1894 |
Seattle and Lake Washington
Waterway Company |
||
Box | ||
17 | General
correspondence approximately 300
items
Major correspondents:
See also the Letterpress books, 1893-1899 (3 volumes) in the
Personal Papers series, which include both personal and business letters.
|
1891-1907 |
18 | Histories of the canal
controversy 10 items
|
undated |
18 | Prospectuses and
proposals 15 items
|
undated |
18 | Majority and minority reports
regarding location of canal 5 items
|
1902 |
18 | Court papers 10 items
|
undated |
18 | Miscellaneous notes 10 items
|
undated |
18 | History of House Bill
349 1 item
|
1893 |
folder:oversize | ||
OS folder 1 | Map showing proposal of Major
Millis 1 item
|
1903 |
Box | ||
18 | Financial records 25 items
|
undated |
18 | Appraisement of Seattle
Tidelands 1 item
|
circa 1900 |
18 | Agreements 10 items
|
undated |
18 | Specifications and
estimates 15 items
|
undated |
18 | Stock certificates 5 items
|
undated |
18 | Clippings 5 items
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Banks and banking--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Businessmen--Washington (State)--Archives
- Canals--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Capitalists and financiers--Washington (State)--Archives
- Chinese--Civil rights--Washington (State)
- Chinese--Washington (State)--Government relations
- Governors--Washington (State)--Archives
- Harbors--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Journalism--Oregon--Portland
- Labor disputes--Washington (State)
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Printers--Washington (State)--Archives
- Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Washington (State)
- Women--Suffrage--Washington (State)
Personal Names
- Ames, Edgar
- Ames, Lucy V. S
- Parker, Frank J
- Scott, Julia Semple
- Semple, Eugene, 1840-1908--Archives
- Symons, T. W. (Thomas William), 1849-1920
- Wintermute, J. S
Corporate Names
- Lucia Mill
- Munn & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
- Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company
- Washington (State). Harbor Line Commission
- Washington (State). National Guard
- Washington (State). Office of Commissioner of Public Lands
- Washington (State). Office of the Attorney General
Geographical Names
- Portland (Or.)--Politics and government
- Roslyn (Wash.)
- Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government
- Washington (State)--Emigration and immigration--19th century
- Washington (State)--Ethnic relations
- Washington (State)--Politics and government--1889-1950
- Washington (State)--Politics and government--To 1889