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DAN HARRIS STAKES HIS CLAIM


ENDNOTES

References


1 "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.
2 United States Congress, Donation Land Claim Act, Washington, DC: September 27, 1850.
3 Island County Deeds, Vol. 1, Pg, 2.
4 Estate of John Thomas, Frank Mahoney, "Petition for Letters of Administration," October 22, 1860, Whatcom
County Probate Court, Case No. 87, Pg. 4.
5 Ibid, Pgs. 2-4.
6 Ibid, James Morrison, "Statement of Acquaintanceship," April 14, 1861, Pgs. 8-9.
7 Harris, Daniel J, "Donation Land Claim File No. 420, Pgs. 5, 6, 8, 9 and 13, 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 Records Service, Microfilm Roll No.98.
8 Frank Mahoney, "Petition for Order to Sell Real Estate," Estate of John Thomas, Whatcom, WA: Whatcom
County Probte Court, July 15, 1861, Pgs. 10-11.
9 Harris, loc. cit.
10 Webber, Henry, "Donation Land Claim File No. 660," Pgs. 86-88, Records of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, Oregon & Washington Donation Land Files: 1851-1903, Olympia, Land Office, Files 656-707, Seattle, WA: National Archives and Records Service, Microfilm Roll No.102.
11 Ibid, Pgs. 43-44.
12 Teck, 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 25, 1903, Unpaginated.
13 Roth, Lottie Roeder, Supervising Editor, History of Whatcom County, Chicago and Seattle: Pioneer Hisorical
Publishing Company, 1926, Vol. 1, Pg. 440; Edson, Lelah Jackson, The Fourth Corner: Highlights from the Early North west, Seattle, WA: Craftsman Press, 1968, Pg. 136; and Sullivan, Michael Sean, The Fairhaven Folktales of Dirty Dan Harris, Bellingham, WA: Ink Slinger Publishing Company, 1981, Pg. 4.
14 "Log of the Vessel Levant," Microfilm Roll No. 1009, Pgs. 143-152, New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Whal-
ing Museum.
15 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, Pgs. 3-6.
16 Ibid, Pg. 3.
17 Ibid, Pg. 4.
18 Ibid, Pg. 5.
19 Harris, op. cit., Pg. 4.
20 O'Connor, Maurice, "Donation Land Claim File No. 401," Pgs. 4-6, Records of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, Oregon & Washington Donation Land Files: 1851-1903, Olympia Land Office, Files 394-459, Seattle, WA: National Archives and Records Service, Microfilm Roll No. 98.
21 Harris, loc. cit.
22 Ibid, Pg. 5.
23 Ibid, Pg. 6.
24 O'Connor, op. cit., Pg. 4.
25 Harris, op. cit., Pg. 5.
26 Ibid, Pgs. 7-10.
27 Smith, 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.
28Whitworth, 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.
29 Harris, op. cit., Pg. 11.
30 Ibid, Pgs. 11-12.
31 Ibid, Pg. 14.
32 Ibid., Pgs. 12-13.
33 Poe, op. cit., Pg. 2.
34 Lysle, John W. and Mary Frances, "Donation Land Claim File No. 226," Pg. 2, 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.
35 Morrison, op. cit., Pg. 2.
36 O'Connor, op. cit., Pg. 2.
37 Harris, op. cit., Pg. 2.
38 Poe, loc. cit.
39 Morrison, loc. cit.
40 O'Connor, loc. cit.
41 Harris, loc. cit.
42 Ibid, Pg. 1.
43 Ibid.
44 Whatcom County Deeds, Vol. M, Pg. 143.
45 Ibid.
46 Ibid, Pg. 2.
47 "Dwelling-house No. 96, Family No. 93", U.S. Census for 1860, Whatcom County, Territory of Washington,
Page 11.
48 "Dwelling-house No. 71, Family No. 65", U.S. Census of 1870, Whatcom County, Territory of Washington,
Page 5.
49 "Dwelling-house No. 71, Family No. 65", U.S. Census of 1880, Whatcom County, Territory of Washington,
Page 5.
50 Pioneer And Democrat, Vol. 8, Nos. 48-52 and Vol. 9, Nos. 1and 2, Saturdays, October 20 and 27, 1860
and November 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 1860, Unpaginated.
51 Whatcom County Deeds, Vol. 38, Pg. 594.

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