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Northwest boundary of the United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Anderson papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1292
Abstract:

The papers, which chronicle Anderson's work on the North American Boundary Survey, contain Anderson's letters to his family, a diary from the survey, and other personal papers.

Dates: 1813-1881
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Samuel Anderson papers

Joseph Smith Harris papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1293
Abstract:

The papers, which document Harris's work on the United States surveys of the Mississippi Sound and the northwest boundary, contain correspondence, reports of the Northwest Boundary Survey, photographs of the survey, and a genealogical record of the Harris family up to 1903.

Dates: 1848-1903
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Joseph Smith Harris papers

Views of the Pacific Northwest.

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1817
Abstract: Photographic prints, drawings, and watercolors chiefly depicting sights on the Northwest Coast, particularly around Vancouver Island. The images were originally housed in a scrapbook kept by an unidentified individual; based on the contents of the scrapbook it is presumed that the person was a member of the joint U.S./British Northwest Boundary Commission. The photographs, taken by an unidentified photographer or photographers, depict deck scenes from what may be the H.M.S. Satellite;...
Dates: 1828-1860, bulk 1854-1860
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Views of the Pacific Northwest.