ENDNOTES

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3 "Bellingham Bay, Its Past, Present and Future," Bellingham Bay Mail, Vol. 1, No. 1,
       Whatcom, Washington: Saturday, July 5, 1873, Unpaginated, and Eldridge,
       Edward, "History of Whatcom County," The Bellingham Herald's Chronological
       Biographical History of Northwestern Washington Illustrated, Bellingham, WA:
       Supplement to the Bellingham Herald, 1910, Pgs. 9-18.
⁴ United States Congress, Donation Land Claim Act, Washington, DC: September
       27, 1850.
⁵ Estate of John Thomas, Frank Mahoney, "Petition for Letters of Administration,"
       October 22, 1860, Bellingham WA, Whatcom County Probate Court, Case No.
       87, Pg. 4.
⁶ Ibid, Pgs. 2-4.
⁷ Ibid., James Morrison, "Statement of Acquaintanceship," April 14, 1861, Pgs. 8-9,
⁸Estate of John Thomas, op. cit., Frank Mahoney, "Petition for Order to Sell Real
       Estate," July 15, 1861, Pgs. 10-11
⁹Teck, Frank C., "Daniel J. Harris - Original Fairhaven Man," The Evening Herald,
       Vol. 12, Nos. 13, 19 and 21, Fairhaven, WA: Saturdays, April 4, 11 and
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¹⁰Roth, Lottie Roeder, Supervising Editor, History of Whatcom County, Chicago and
       Seattle: Pioneer Historical Publishing Company, 1926, Vol. 1, Pg. 440; Edson, Lelah
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¹¹"Log of the Vessel Levant," Microfilm Roll No. 1009, Pgs. 143-152, New
       Bedford, MA: New Bedford Whaling Museum.
¹² Ibid., Pg. 150.
¹³ Harris, Daniel J, "Donation Land Claim File No. 420, Records of the Bureau of Land
       Management, Oregon & Washington Donation Land Files: 1851-1903,
       Olympia, Land Office, Files 394-4597, Seattle, WA: National Archives and
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¹⁴ Webber, Henry, "Donation Land Claim File No. 660," Affidavit of Daniel J.
       Harris, Pgs. 85-86, Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Oregon &
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¹⁵ Ibid., Pgs. 87-88.
¹⁶ Henry, Francis, "The Washington Pioneers," Washington Standard, Olympia,
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¹⁷ County Tax Records
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20 Island County Deeds, Vol. 1-A, Pg. 1.
²³ Ibid.
²² Ibid., Pg. 2.
²³ Island County Deeds, Vol. 2-A, Pg. 27.
²⁴ Poe, Alonzo M., "Donation Land Claim File 193," Records of the Bureau of
       Land Management, Oregon & Washington Donation Land Files: 1851-1903,
       Olympia Land Office, Files 136-229, Seattle, WA: National Archives and
       Records Service, Microfilm Roll No. 95, 12 Pgs.
²⁵Ibid, Pg. 3.
²⁶Ibid, Pg. 4.
²⁷Ibid, Pg. 5/
²⁸Harris, op. cit., Pg. 4.
²⁹Ibid, Pg. 5.
³⁰Ibid, Pg. 6.
³¹Ibid, Pg. 5.
³²Ibid, Pg. 8.
³³Ibid, Pg. 9.
³⁴Ibid, Pg. 10.
³⁵Ibid, Pg. 7.
³⁶Ibid, Pg. 11.
³⁷Ibid, Pg. 11-12.
³⁸Ibid, Pg. 12-13.
³⁹Ibid, Pg. 13.
⁴⁰Ibid, Pg. 14.
⁴¹O'Connor, Maurice, "Donation Land Claim File No. 401," Records of the Bureau of
       Land Management, Oregon & Washington Donation Land Files: 1851-1903,
       Olympia Land Office, Files 394-459, Seattle, WA: National Archives and Records        Service, Microfilm Roll No. 98, Pg. 4.
⁴² Morrison, James, "Donation Land Claim File No. 357," Records of the Bureau of
       Land Management, Oregon & Washington Donation Land Files: 1851-1903,
       Olympia Land Office, Files 324-393, Seattle, WA: National Archives and Records
       Service, Microfilm Roll No. 97, Pg. 4.
⁴³Smith, Isaac W. and Hurd, Jared S., "Survey of the Puget Sound Guide Meridian
       and Standard Parallels under Contract No. 45" and "Survey of the Exterior,
       Subdivisional and Meander Lines Under Contract No. 46," both with James
       Tilton, Surveyor General, Washington Territory, and both dated April 21,
       1859," Contracts and Bonds for Rectangular Surveys in the Public Domain,
       1855-1910, Portland, OR: Bureau of Land Management, Vol. WA06, Box 1,
       Folders Nos. 45 and 46, Pgs. 682-83.
⁴⁴Whitworth, George F. and Tennant, John A., "Field Notes of the Survey of
       Private Land Claims in Whatcom County, Washington Territory, Under
       Contract No. 11 of September 24, 1860 and Contract No. 12 of November 23,
       1860 with James Tilton, Surveyor General of Washington Territory; approved
       by Anson G. Henry, Surveyor General Washington Territory, March 14, 1862,"
       Field Notes, Portland, OR: Bureau of Land Management, Vol. WA-D0002, Pgs.
       81-85.
⁴⁵Poe, op. cit., Pg. 2.
⁴⁶Morrison, op. cit., Pg. 2.
⁴⁷O'Connor, op. cit., Pg. 2.
⁴⁸Harris, op. cit., Pg. 2.
⁴⁹ Poe, op.. cit., Pg. 1.
⁵⁰Harris, op. cit., Pg.2.
⁵³Harris, op. cit., Pg. 1.
⁵⁴Ibid.
⁵⁵Whatcom County Deeds, Vol. M, Pgs. 143-44.
⁵⁶Whatcom County Mortgages, Vol. G, Pgs. 75-6.
⁵⁷ Whatcom County Mortgages, Vol. M, Pg. 735-36
⁵⁸"Dwelling-house No. 96, Family No. 93", U.S. Census for 1860, Whatcom,
       County, Territory of Washington, Page 11.
⁵⁹"Dwelling-house No. 71, Family No. 65", U.S. Census of 1870, Whatcom County,
       Territory of Washington, Page 5.
⁶⁰"Dwelling-house No. 71, Family No. 65", U.S. Census of 1880, Whatcom County,
       Territory of Washington, Page 5.
⁶¹ Whatcom County Deeds, Vol. G, Pgs. 14-16.
⁶²Whatcom County Deeds, Vol. D, Pg.157.
⁶³ Whatcom County Deeds, Vol. G, Pg. 226.
⁶⁴Whatcom County Deeds, Vol. G, Pgs. 237-3.
⁶⁵ Minutes of Meeting of Whatcom County Commissioners Court, May 6, 1861.
⁶⁶ Ibid., November 18, 1862
⁶⁷ Whatcom County Deeds, Vol. 2, Pg. 54.
⁶⁸ Ibid., Pg. 54.
⁶⁹ Bellingham Bay Reveille, Vol. 8, No. 21, Oct. 24, 1890, Pg. 4, Col. 1. ⁷⁰ Whatcom County Deeds, Vol. 10, Pg. 20 or Vol. 38, Pg. 594.
⁷¹Whatcom County Commissioners Report
⁷²Whatcom County District Court, Case No. 537, Pg. 1, Bellingham, WA, Whatcom Superior Court, Microfilm
⁷³Bellingham Bay Mail Vol. 1, No. 40, April 4, 1874, Pg. 3, Col. 1.
⁷⁴Ibid., Vol. 1, No. 45, May 9, 1874, Pg. 3, Col. 1.
⁷⁵Whatcom County Probate Court, Case No. 152, Pgs. 1-2, Bellingham, WA,
       Whatcom County Superior Court, Microfilm
⁷⁶Ibid, Pgs. 12-13.
⁷⁶Ibid.
⁷⁸Ibid, Pg. 18. Clark, Phil, Personal Interview by Howard Buswell, Audio-taped on April 19,
       1956, "Howard Buswell Papers," Bellingham, WA, Western Washington
       University Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.