Proceedings of a meeting of the Bar, 3d Judicial District, Washington Territory : on the arrest of the Hon. Edward Lander, chief justice of said Territory and John M. Chapman, clerk of the District Court, by an armed force under orders of Gov. Isaac I. Stevens ; together with the Proceedings of a mass meeting of citizens of Pierce Co. W.T.

Proceedings of a meeting of the Bar, 3d Judicial District, Washington Territory : on the arrest of the Hon. Edward Lander, chief justice of said Territory and John M. Chapman, clerk of the District Court, by an armed force under orders of Gov. Isaac I. Stevens ; together with the Proceedings of a mass meeting of citizens of Pierce Co. W.T.

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Corporate author / creator:	Washington Territory. District Court (3rd Judicial District)
Imprint:	Steilacoom : [publisher not identified], [1856]
Description:	8 pages ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Lander, Edward, -- 1816-1907. Chapman, John M. -- (Clerk) Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, -- 1818-1862. Chapman, John M. -- (Clerk) Lander, Edward, -- 1816-1907. Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, -- 1818-1862. Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with (1847-1865) Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865. Martial law -- Washington (State) Bar associations -- Washington (State) Habeas corpus. Political participation -- Washington (State) -- Pierce County. Martial law -- Washington (State) -- Pierce County -- Citizen participation. Bar associations. Habeas corpus. Martial law. Political participation. Washington Territory -- History. United States -- Washington Territory. Washington (State) Washington (State) -- Pierce County. History.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago copy was removed from Douglas Papers, Special Collections Department; it was an enclosure in A.L.S. George Gibbs to S.A. Douglas, Steilacoom, W.T., May 10, 1856 University of Chicago copy was removed from Douglas Papers, Special Collections Department; it was an enclosure in A.L.S. George Gibbs to S.A. Douglas, Steilacoom, W.T., May 10, 1856
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1819079

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Varying Form of Title:	Proceedings of a meeting of the Bar, Third Judicial District, Washington Territory On the arrest of the Hon. Edward Lander, chief justice of said Territory and John M. Chapman, clerk of the District Court, by an armed force under orders of Gov. Isaac I. Stevens Proceedings of a mass meeting of citizens of Pierce Co. W.T.
Other authors / contributors:	Washington State Library. Classics in Washington History.
Notes:	"Steilacoom, May 7th, 1856." Extremely rare 1st printing. Reprinted 10 days later in Olympia. These two documents, the proceedings of a meeting of the Bar in Pierce County, and the minutes and resolutions of a mass meeting of citizens, record local reaction to the declaration of martial law by Governor Stevens and the arrest of Chief Justice Lander and his clerk in May 1856. "First salvo against Stevens and his actions constraining the court of the Territory by the use of the militia. The whole issue is of vital importance to the history of the early Territory, involving the conflict between whites and Indians, powers of the judiciary, and the para-military rule of Governor Stevens."--Bookseller's note. Available online through the Washington State Library Internet website on the Classics in Washington History page Includes bibliographical references (Eberstadt no. I-842). Also available online through the Washington State Library Internet website on the Classics in Washington History page .

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