Elisha P. Ferry papers - Archives West

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Ferry, Elisha P. (Elisha Peyre), 1825-1895

Title

Elisha P. Ferry papers

Dates

1840-1906 (inclusive)

Quantity

1.92 cubic feet plus 10 microfilm reels (positive and negative)

Collection Number

2156

Summary

Papers of a pioneer of Washington state and its first governor, Elisha Ferry.

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

Open to all users.

Request at UW

Languages

English

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Biographical Note

Elisha P. Ferry (August 9, 1825-October 14, 1895) was the first governor of Washington State. He first served two terms as the Governor of Washington Territory, and then became the state’s inaugural governor after Washington was admitted into the union as a state on November 11, 1889. He served one term, stepping down in 1893 due to his failing health.

Ferry was born in Monroe County in Michigan Territory, and he moved to Waukegan, Illinois as a child with his parents. He attended Fort Wayne Law School in Indiana, graduating early and passing the bar exam at 20 years old. He practiced law in Waukegan for 23 years, and marrying Sarah Brown Kellogg, with whom he had five children.

Beginning his political career, Ferry became Presidential Elector of Illinois in 1852, and then the first mayor of Waukegan in 1859. During the Civil War, he joined the Union Army, helping to organize the Illinois regiment, and befriended Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln. In 1869, President Grant appointed Ferry Surveyor General of Washington Territory, and he moved his family to Olympia. In 1872, Grant appointed him Territorial Governor, and then reappointed him at the end of four years for a second term. Ferry was closely involved with the building of the Northern Pacific Railway, and helped plan the extension from Tacoma to Olympia. Ferry focused on pressuring various counties to pay their taxes, leaving his successor with a Territory that was almost debt-free.

After his second term, Ferry worked in Seattle in law and banking, and was nominated as a Republican candidate for State Governor when Washington was granted statehood. He defeated the Democrat Eugene Semple with 58% of the votes. His first summer in office, he helped to supervise the rebuilding of Seattle, Ellensburg, and Spokane Falls, all of which had largely been destroyed by fire. During his term, his health began to fail, and he left the position after one term. Two years after stepping down, he died of a cold.

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Content Description

Papers including correspondence, speeches and writings, legal case files, notebooks, financial records, notes and other materials as well as the resolution by the King County Bar Association on the death of Governor Ferry, 1895.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

Accession No. 2156-001, Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906
Accession No. 2156-002, Elish P. Ferry papers, 1806-1865

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906

1.89 cubic feet (5 boxes)

5 microfilm reels

Scope and Content: Papers including correspondence, speeches and writings, legal case files, notebooks, financial records, notes and other materials.

Digital Content/Other Formats: View selections from this collection in digital format.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: From the library of Eliza Ferry Leary, 1/1/1936.
- Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: A-Ar
    
    Scope and Content: Aberdeen Bank; Aetna Life Insurance Co.; Allen, John Beard; Arctic Soda Water Apparatus
    
    Dates: 1865-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Ash
    
    Scope and Content: Ashton, James M.; Ashton, Samuel
    
    Dates: 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Atkinson, G. W. P.
    
    Dates: 1888-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: B-Ba
    
    Scope and Content: Baldwin, Fannie V.; Barnes, George A.; Barr, A. J.; Bash, A. W.; Battle, N. W.
    
    Dates: 1882-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Be
    
    Scope and Content: Begg, Alex; Bell, John D.; Bellingham Bay Railway and Navigation Co.; Bennett, C. L.; Berry, James T.
    
    Dates: 1884, 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Bl-By
    
    Scope and Content: Blodgett, H. W.; Bloomfield, N. H.; Borrette, F. A.; Botsford, R. S.; Bradshaw, C. M.; Broadway Investment Co,; Burke (Thomas), Haller and Rasin; Byers, Ovid A.
    
    Dates: 1878-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: C-Cas
    
    Scope and Content: Cain, A. J.; Calkins, W. H.; Campbell, F.; Carleton College, Minnesota; Carrere, J. F.; Carver, Eugene P.; Casto, J.
    
    Dates: 1870-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Cavanaugh, Thomas H.
    
    Dates: 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Ch-Cl
    
    Scope and Content: Chamberlain, C. P.; Chase, Champion S.; Chehalis County Sheriff; Citizens Bank, Fairhaven, Washington; Clark, T. J. V.; Clark, Wellington; Clarke, Frances E.
    
    Dates: 1887-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Co-Coll
    
    Scope and Content: Cochran, John W.; Cole, Albert S.; Cole, F. B.; Coleman, Edgar W.; Collyer, Samuel
    
    Dates: 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Colu-Com
    
    Scope and Content: Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Co.; Comstock, Joseph
    
    Dates: 1885, 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Cor-Cu
    
    Scope and Content: Concordia Loan and Trust Co., Kansas City, Missouri; Coner, E. P.; Cooper, John G.
    
    Dates: 1889-1895
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Cor-Cu
    
    Scope and Content: Cory, Eliza P.; Cory, James Y.; Curtiss, D. S.
    
    Dates: 1887-1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Da-Du
    
    Scope and Content: Davis, Bradford W.; Dawson, J. R.; DeMattos, J. P.; Dennis, E. M.; Dennis, W. B.; Dewey, George M.; Diefenbach, J. C.; Dugill, M. T.
    
    Dates: 1887-1893
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: El-Es
    
    Scope and Content: Eldridge, E.; Esplin, Charles
    
    Dates: 1885-1886, 1892
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Fa-Fi
    
    Scope and Content: Farichild, H.A.; Farnsworth, J. F.; Ferguson, Emory C.; Ferry, Pierre P.; Ferry, T. W.; Ferry, Edward P.; First National Bank, Olympia, Washington; First National Bank, Seattle
    
    Dates: 1868-1893
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Fo
    
    Scope and Content: Ford, Georgiana S.; Forrest, W. R.; Fowler, L. D.; Fourth of July Committee(s)
    
    Dates: 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Fr-Fu
    
    Scope and Content: Frary, T. C.; Freemasons; Fuller, George
    
    Dates: 1882-1893
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/18, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Ga-Geo
    
    Scope and Content: Garfielde, Selucius; Gatzert, Bailey; George M. A.
    
    Dates: 1871-1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/19, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Gow-Gu
    
    Scope and Content: Gowey, John F.; Grant, Frederick K.; Gray, James T.; Guilfoil, O.D.
    
    Dates: 1889-1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/20, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: H-Ha
    
    Scope and Content: Handsaker, J. T.; Hanford, Cornelius H.; Harmon, Hill; Hartman, C. W.; Hawkins and Co., Philadelphia; Hayden, James R.; Haynes, A. F.
    
    Dates: 1887-189?
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/21, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: He-Hi
    
    Scope and Content: Henry, C. V.; Higgins, David; Hight, A. W.; Hill, George D.; Hill, W. Lain; The History Co., San Francisco; Hitchins, ed
    
    Dates: 1884-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/22, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Ho-Hu
    
    Scope and Content: Hollister, W. W.; Holton, Charles M.; Home Fire Insurance Co., Seattle; Hopkins, C. B.; Hoskinson, Stuart; Howard, Alice; Hoyt, Francis; Hughes, A. S.; Hunt, Leigh Smith James
    
    Dates: 1878-1891
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/23, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: J
    
    Scope and Content: Jenkins, William D.; Johnson, P. B.; Jones and Co., Seattle
    
    Dates: 1889-1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/24, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: K-Ki
    
    Scope and Content: Keeley, William L.; Kellogg, W. P.; Kelly, E. C.; Kiggins and Tooker Co., New York; King, A. E.; Kitsap County Auditor; Kittinger, Charles H.
    
    Dates: 1881, 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/25, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: L-Lew
    
    Scope and Content: Lambuth, W. D.; Landes, Henry; Laughton, S. E.; Lawson, Fred A.; Lawson, James S.; Lawrence, J. C.; Leary, John; Leary, Eliza Ferry; Lewis, James Hamilton; Lewis County, Washington Fair
    
    Dates: 1889-1894
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/26, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Lo-Ly
    
    Scope and Content: Lombard Investment Company; Long, J. H.; Lyons, J. M.; Lysons, Fred H.; Lytle, August
    
    Dates: 1876-1894
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/27, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: M-Mack
    
    Scope and Content: McCalley, R. M.; McCormick, R. C.; Macdonald, E. C.; McDonough, Thomas; McGraw, John Harte; Mackintosh, A.
    
    Dates: 1857-1893
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/28, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: McNaught (James), Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell
    
    Dates: 1878-1895
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/29-31, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: McT-Mi
    
    Scope and Content: McTaggart, Edward; Mahon, William; Martin, A.; Marvin and Cmmack, St. Paul; May, D. W.; Metcalfe, J. B.; Michael, Edith B.; Milroy, R. H.; Mitchell, John R.
    
    Dates: 1881, 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/32, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Mo-Mu
    
    Scope and Content: Monell, Elizabeth; Montesano, Washington Citizens; Moore, H. K.; Moore, Miles Conway; Moore, P. D.; Mukilteo, Washington Citizens; Mumson, E. T.; Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
    
    Dates: 1876-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/33, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Na-No
    
    Scope and Content: Navarre, I. A.; Newland, R. G.; Newson, Joseph C.; New York Press; New York World; Nicklin, T. G.; North, James M.; North Pacific History Company; Northwest Pacific Railway Company
    
    Dates: 1871-1892
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/34, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Ob-Ow
    
    Scope and Content: O'Brien, R. G.; O'Donnell, William; Olympia and Victoria Railway; Ormsbee, Richard H.; Outburst Publishing Company; Owings, Nicholas H.
    
    Dates: 1894-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/35, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Owings, Nicholas H.
    
    Dates: 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/36, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Paddock (Rev.) J. A.
    
    Dates: 1884-1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/37, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Park
    
    Scope and Content: Parkinson, W. J.; Parks, R. H.
    
    Dates: 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/38, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Pen-Po
    
    Scope and Content: Pennsylvania University; Perrigo, W. P.; Phelps, H. H.; Philbrick, B. S.; Piltrel, F. A.; Porter, N. S.
    
    Dates: 1887-1895
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/39, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Pr-Pu
    
    Scope and Content: Prescott, C. H.; Preston (Harold), Carr, and Preston, Seattle; Puget Mill Company, Port Gamble, Washington; Puget Sound National Bank of Seattle; Puget Sound Shore Railroad Company; Pumphrey, W. H.
    
    Dates: 1887-1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/40, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: R-Ru
    
    Scope and Content: Rainier Club, Seattle; Range, J. W.; Rea, John A.; Reed, T. M.; Republican Party, Washington; Rhoades, Frank M.; Richards; Richards, (A. E.), Brophy, and Bradshaw, Winnipeg; Robbins (L.M.) and Son, Seattle; Roberts, W. H.; Rural New Yorker
    
    Dates: 1887-1897
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/41, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Sc-Seattle A
    
    Scope and Content: Schurz, C.; Scofield, T. D.; Scott, W. D.; Seattle Citizens; Seattle and Eastern Construction Company
    
    Dates: 1879-1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/42, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company
    
    Dates: 1894
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/43, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Seattle I-Seav
    
    Scope and Content: Seattle Investment Company; Seattle Morning Journal; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Seattle Steam Candy Works; Seattle Union Veteran Club; Seavy, L. T.
    
    Dates: 1889-1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/44, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Sem-Shep
    
    Scope and Content: Semple, Eugene; Sheldon, W. S.; Shepard, Thomas R.
    
    Dates: 1886-1892
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/45, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Sher-Spa
    
    Scope and Content: Sherpy, M. L.; Shorey, H. C.; Shoudy, John A.; Smith; Smith, Victor Hugo; Smyth, Frank; Snell, Marshall K.; Soundings; Sparkling, Ford W.
    
    Dates: 1876-1893
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/46, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Spr-Sw
    
    Scope and Content: Spring, T. B.; Squire, Watson C.; Steven, E. A.; Steward, G. A.; Stiles, T. L.; Streamer, Frank M.; Strowbridge, Edward; Sullivan, M. C.; Sutton, Henry; Swan, James G.
    
    Dates: 1871-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/47, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: T-Tull
    
    Scope and Content: Thomas, Y. H.; Thompson (Rev.), John R.; Thurston County, Washington Auditor; Trafton, William B.; Tull, Charles D.; Tull, J. T.
    
    Dates: 1884-1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/48, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Tur-Ty
    
    Scope and Content: Turner, George; Tuttle, L. R.; Twombly, Horatio N.; Tyner, N. N.
    
    Dates: 1889-1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/49, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: U.S. General Land Office
    
    Dates: 1872-1887
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/50, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: U.S. Treasury Department
    
    Dates: 1876-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/51, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Wa-Wee
    
    Scope and Content: Wadsworth, Philip C.; Wadleigh, F. S.; Walker, Cyrus; Warner, Louis B.; Watson, George W.; Waughop, John W.; Weekes, T. J.
    
    Dates: 1871-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/52, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Wei-Wil
    
    Scope and Content: Weird, Allen; Wells, L. A.; Welty, J. R.; Whatcom County, Washington Auditor; Whiteley, Simeon; Whitney, A. D.; Williams (George H.), Hill, Durham, Thompson, and Mays, Portland
    
    Dates: 1884, 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/53, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Wils-Woo
    
    Scope and Content: Wilson, C. L.; Wilson, E. T.; Wilson, G. W.; Wilson, Henry L.; Wilson, John L.; Woodruff, D. E.; Woolley, P. A.
    
    Dates: 1876-1893
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/54, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: You
    
    Scope and Content: Young, Austin H.; Young, Joseph T.; Young and Boise, New Tacoma, Washington; Young Men's Christian Association, Seattle
    
    Dates: 1883, 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/55-56, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
  - Description: Unidentified Letters
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/57, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896
- Series 2: Outgoing Correspondence, 1869-1893
  - Description: Unbound Letters
    
    Dates: 1869-1892, undated
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/1-2, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 2: Outgoing Correspondence, 1869-1893
  - Description: Bound Letters, Letterpress Copybook
    
    Dates: October 31, 1891-January 3, 1893
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 2: Outgoing Correspondence, 1869-1893
- Series 3: Correspondence: General, 1870-1875
  - Description: General Correspondence re: San Juan Islands
    
    Dates: 1870-1875
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/4, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 3: Correspondence: General, 1870-1875
- Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1881-1893
  - Description: Undated and Unidentified
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/5-6, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1881-1893
  - Description: Address to Kitsap County Commissioners
    
    Dates: 1881
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/7, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1881-1893
  - Description: Inaugural Address
    
    Dates: November 11, 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/8, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1881-1893
  - Description: First Address to Washington State Legislature
    
    Dates: November 18, 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/9, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1881-1893
  - Description: Retiring Message
    
    Dates: January 11, 1893
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/10-15, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1881-1893
- Series 5: Documents, 1860-1896
  - Description: Personal, General
    
    Dates: 1873-1895
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/16-17, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 5: Documents, 1860-1896
  - Description: Personal, Insurance
    
    Dates: 1860-1896
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/18, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 5: Documents, 1860-1896
  - Description: State Documents
    
    Scope and Content: Appointment of George V. Calhoun, John C. Kellogg to University of Washington Board of Regents; Territory of Washington v. Henry Brown; Territory of Washington v. Peter Delaney; Territory of Washington v. Thomas Burrows; Petition to E. P. Ferry re: Bernard Wasson; Territory of Washington v. Richard Slocum; Statements of R. G. O'Brien re: Nicholas H. Owings; Territory of Washington v. Sarah E. Selert; Territory of Washington v. Charles Beattie; Territory of Washington v. E. B. Fuller; Territory of Washington v. William McAllister
    
    Dates: 1875-1880
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/19-26, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 5: Documents, 1860-1896
  - Description: Agreements: Ferry Not a Party
    
    Dates: 1864-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/27-29, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 5: Documents, 1860-1896
  - Description: Miscellany
    
    Dates: 1869-1881
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/30, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 5: Documents, 1860-1896
- Series 6: Legal Case Files, 1863-1892
  - Description: Wyllie, Robert C.
    
    Dates: 1866
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/1, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 6: Legal Case Files, 1863-1892
  - Description: Keller, Josiah P.
    
    Dates: 1863-1874
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/2-7, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 6: Legal Case Files, 1863-1892
  - Description: Phinney, Arthur
    
    Dates: 1878-1892
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/8-11, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 6: Legal Case Files, 1863-1892
- Series 7: Notebooks, 1885
  - Description: Real Estate Notebook
    
    Dates: 1885
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/12, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 7: Notebooks, 1885
- Series 8: Financial Records, 1869-1895
  - Description: Account Books
    
    Dates: 1873-1874
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/13, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 8: Financial Records, 1869-1895
  - Description: Miscellaneous Account Books
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/14, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 8: Financial Records, 1869-1895
  - Description: Bills and Receipts, Checks, Notes, Other
    
    Dates: 1869-1895
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/15-30, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 8: Financial Records, 1869-1895
- Series 9: List of Appointments, 1890
  - Description: List of Appointments to the Washington National Guard
    
    Dates: 1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/1, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 9: List of Appointments, 1890
- Series 10: Notes, undated
  - Description: Legal Notes, Notebook
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/2, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 10: Notes, undated
- Series 11: Miscellany, undated
  - Description: Miscellany
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/3, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 11: Miscellany, undated
- Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Incoming Correspondence
    
    Scope and Content: Chamberlain, Carter and Eaton, New York; Chamberlain, Carter and Hornblower; Dolph, Bellinger, Mallory, and Simon, Portland; Felming, Archibald; Grace (J. W.) and Company, San Francisco; McIntyre, Charles; Maclennan and Liddell, Cornwall, Ontario; McNaught, Chapman and Dudley; Moore, Hunt and Co., San Francisco; National Home Loan Association; Niez, Whittlesey and Company, Seattle; Northern Pacific Railroad Company; Port Blakely Mill Company; Porter, Nathan S.; Shankland, J. H.; Thinkham, William W.; Waterman and Katz; Whalley and Fechheimer
    
    Dates: 1880-1887
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/4-5, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Enclosures
    
    Scope and Content: Bryggers, John to John Ross; Puget Mill Co. to Cyrus Walker; Hill (J. K.), Wing and Shoudy, New York; Smith, George F. to J. W. Grace and Co.; Struve (H. G.), Haines and McMicken, Seattle; Hartman, C. W. to David Shelton; Bash, W. S. to W. T. Forrest
    
    Dates: 1880-1893
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/6, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Outgoing Correspondence
    
    Scope and Content: Mostly to Mrs. Elizabeth Monell
    
    Dates: 1881-1887
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/7, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Opinion
    
    Scope and Content: Concerns contract between Thomas Prather et al and G. G. Foster et al
    
    Dates: 1880
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/8, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files (Filed by Name of Complainant)
    
    Dates: 1881-1882, 1894, undated
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/9, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "B" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1872-1882
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/10-11, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: Coleman, James M.
    
    Scope and Content: Action against George Budlong, 1881-1882, re: Terry's third addition to the City of Seattle
    
    Dates: August 3, 1881
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/12-13, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "C" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1880-1884
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/14-16, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "D-G" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1881-1882
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/17, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "H" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1881-1885
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/18-19, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "J" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1881
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/20, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "K-M" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1881-1886
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/21, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: Munks, William
    
    Scope and Content: Correspondence concerning an alleged land fraud
    
    Dates: 1880-1881
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/22, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "M" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1870-1881
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/23-24, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "N" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1882
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/25, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "O" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1881-1883
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/26, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "Pe-Pr" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1881
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/27, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "Pu-R" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1881-1884
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/28, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: Scott, W. D.
    
    Scope and Content: Papers related to indebtedness to the Puget Mill Co.
    
    Dates: 1886-1887
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/29-30, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "S" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1876-1884
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/31-34, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Case Files: "W-Y" Misc.
    
    Dates: 1871-1891, undated
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/1-4, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Financial Miscellany
    
    Dates: 1878-1885
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/5-6, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
  - Description: Notes, Memos, Miscellany
    
    Dates: 1863-1885
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/7-8, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894
- Series 13: Ferry Family, 1870-1906
  - Description: Ferry, Sarah B. Kellogg: Incoming Correspondence
    
    Dates: 1870-1906
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/9-11, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 13: Ferry Family, 1870-1906
  - Description: Ferry Children
    
    Scope and Content: Incoming correspondence from various parties, filed chronologically; notebook of Pierre P. Ferry; photograph, probably of Lincoln Ferry
    
    Dates: 1876-1891
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/12, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 13: Ferry Family, 1870-1906
- Series 14: Subgroups: Others, 1840-1889
  - Description: Lindsay, Charles
    
    Scope and Content: Documents concerning transactions between Lindsay and other parties
    
    Dates: 1840-1845
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/13, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 14: Subgroups: Others, 1840-1889
  - Description: Puget Sound Transportation Company Minutes
    
    Dates: 1877
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/14, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 14: Subgroups: Others, 1840-1889
  - Description: Republican Party, Washington
    
    Scope and Content: Minutes of Territorial Republican Convention, 1880
    
    Dates: 1880
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/15, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 14: Subgroups: Others, 1840-1889
  - Description: Seattle, General Relief Committee
    
    Scope and Content: Committee formed after Seattle fire of 1889 to assist in reconstruction, and Ferry was on the committee. Includes incoming correspondence mostly to Mayor Robert Moran and financial miscellany
    
    Dates: 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/16, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 14: Subgroups: Others, 1840-1889
  - Description: Seattle National Bank, Articles of Association
    
    Dates: 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/17, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 14: Subgroups: Others, 1840-1889
  - Description: Fidalgo and Skagit River Railway and Navigation Company, Articles of Incorporation
    
    Dates: 1884
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/18, Accession 2156-001
    
    Location: Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906 / Series 14: Subgroups: Others, 1840-1889
Description: Accession No. 2156-002: Elish P. Ferry papers, 1806-1865
.03 cubic feet (1 file)

Scope and Content: Resolution by King County Bar Association on the death of Governor Ferry, 16 Oct. 1895.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Transferred from Northwest collection in 1973.

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Subject Terms

Governors--Washington (State)--Archives
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Personal Names

Ferry, Elisha P. (Elisha Peyre), 1825-1895--Archives

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- Yates, Richard, 1818-1873

Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906

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Accession No. 2156-001: Elisha P. Ferry papers, 1840-1906

Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1857-1896

Series 2: Outgoing Correspondence, 1869-1893

Series 3: Correspondence: General, 1870-1875

Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1881-1893

Series 5: Documents, 1860-1896

Series 6: Legal Case Files, 1863-1892

Series 7: Notebooks, 1885

Series 8: Financial Records, 1869-1895

Series 9: List of Appointments, 1890

Series 10: Notes, undated

Series 11: Miscellany, undated

Series 12: Subgroups: McNaught, Ferry, McNaught, and Mitchell Law Firm, Seattle, 1863-1894

Series 13: Ferry Family, 1870-1906

Series 14: Subgroups: Others, 1840-1889

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Personal Names

Other Creators

Corporate Names