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George Suckley Papers, 1849-1861

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Series 1: Incoming and Outgoing Correspondence, 1853-1861. Arranged Alphabetically by Correspondent.
Series 2: Journals, Field Books, and Notes, 1849-1861.
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Folder 2 Daily journal maintained by George Suckley while serving with the Pacific Railroad Survey of the 47th and 48th parallels from May 24 to December 6, 1853. Includes a record of Suckley's canoe trip from Fort Owen down the Bitter Root, Clark's Fork, and Columbia Rivers to Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, October 15 to December 6, 1853.
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Folders 4-5 Miscellaneous journals, field books, and notes concerning Suckley's work on the Pacific Railroad Survey; his duties as Army Assistant Surgeon at Fort Steilacoom, Washington Territory; his collecting trip to Panama with James Graham Cooper; natural history observations; fiscal matters; the translation of Indian vocabulary, and his monograph The Natural History of Washington Territory (1859), co-authored with Cooper
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