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Elgin pocket watch, ca. mid-late 1800s
This watch belonged to Watson Allen who was born in New Jersey in 1842 and served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He settled in Seattle sometime after the war and was elected the King County representative to the first Washington State legislature in 1889. During his life in Seattle, Allen accomplished the following: promoted the development of…
ID Number:1966.3928.1
Date:Circa 1850-1890
Powder flask, ca. 1850
This powder flask belonged to Angus Mackintosh, born in Ontario, Canada in 1839, fought with the Union Army in the Civil War, and came to Seattle in 1876. He worked in real estate and had a mill on the waterfront that was destroyed in the Seattle Fire of 1889. He then went on to found a merchants bank, lumber company…
ID Number:1969.4687.1
Date:Circa 1850
Coin necklace made by officers under the command of Governor Isaac Stevens, 1885
Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) was the first Governor of Washington Territory, serving from 1853 to 1857. He also served as a US Congressman, and a Brigadier General in the Union Army during the Civil War until his death at the Battle of Chantilly. He was appointed posthumously to the grade of Major General of volunteers. This necklace was made by…
ID Number:1991.31.2
Date:1885