Margaret Stevens Letter - Archives West

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Stevens, Margaret L. (Margaret Lyman Hazard)
Title: Margaret Stevens Letter
Dates: 1856 February 1 (inclusive)
1856-02-011856-02-01
Quantity: 1 item
Collection Number: Cage 4910 (collection)
Summary: Personal letter from Margaret Stevens, wife of Washington State Governor Isaac Stevens, to Miss Mary Hazard.
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 open for research.
Languages: Document in English.

Content Description

Personal letter to Miss Mary Hazard. Stevens discusses her activities during the absence from Olympia of her husband, Isaac Stevens (Governor of Washington Territory), on an extended eastern trip.

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Historical Note

Wife of Isaac Stevens (Governor, Washington Territory, 1853-1857).

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Wessel and Lieberman ; 2006.

Bibliography

A reference to this letter is included in Isaac I. Stevens: young man in a hurry / Kent D. Richards. Provo, UT : Brigham Young University Press, 1979, pages 184-187.

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Personal Names

Mason, Charles H., -- 1830-1859.
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, -- 1818-1862.
Stevens, Margaret L. -- (Margaret Lyman Hazard)

Geographical Names

Washington (State) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

Margaret Stevens Letter, 1856 February 1

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