ENDNOTES

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²United States Congress, Donation Land Claim Act, Washington, DC: September
       27, 1850.
³Island County Deeds, Vol. 1, Pg, 2.
⁴Frank Mahoney, "Petition for Letters of Administration," Estate of John Thomas,
       October 22, 1860, Whatcom County Probate Court, Case No. 87, Pg. 4.
⁵Ibid, Pgs. 2-4.
⁶Ibid, James Morrison, "Statement of Acquaintanceship," April 14, 1861, Pgs. 8-9.
⁷Harris, Daniel J, "Donation Land Claim File No. 420, Pgs. 5, 6, 8, 9 and 13,
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⁸Frank Mahoney, "Petition for Order to Sell Real Estate," Estate of John Thomas,
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⁹Harris, loc. cit.
¹⁰Webber, Henry, "Donation Land Claim File No. 660," Pgs. 86-88, Records of the
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¹²Teck, Frank C., "Daniel J. Harris - Original Fairhaven Man," The Evening Herald,
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¹³Roth, Lottie Roeder, Supervising Editor, History of Whatcom County, Chicago and
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¹⁴"Log of the Vessel Levant," Microfilm Roll No. 1009, Pgs. 143-152, New
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¹⁵ Poe, Alonzo M., "Donation Land Claim File 193," Records of the Bureau of
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¹⁶Ibid, Pg. 3.
¹⁷Ibid, Pg. 4.
¹⁸Ibid, Pg. 5.
¹⁹Harris, op. cit., Pg. 4.
²⁰O'Connor, Maurice, "Donation Land Claim File No. 401," Pgs. 4-6, Records of
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²¹Harris, loc. cit.
²²Ibid, Pg. 5.
²³Ibid, Pg. 6.
²⁴O'Connor, op. cit., Pg. 4.
²⁵Harris, op. cit., Pg. 5.
²⁶Ibid, Pgs. 7-10.
²⁷Smith, 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,
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       Tilton, Surveyor General, Washington Territory, and both dated April 21,
       1859," Contracts and Bonds for Rectangular Surveys in the Public Domain,
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²⁸Whitworth, George F. and Tennant, John A., "Field Notes of the Survey of
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       Contract No. 11 of September 24, 1860 and Contract No. 12 of November 23,
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²⁹Harris, op. cit., Pg. 11.
³⁰Ibid, Pgs. 11-12.
³¹Ibid, Pg. 14.
³²Ibid., Pgs. 12-13.
³³Poe, op. cit., Pg. 2.
³⁴Lysle, John W. and Mary Frances, "Donation Land Claim File No. 226," Pg. 2,
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       Land Files: 1851-1903, Olympia Land Office, Files 136-229, Seattle, WA:
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³⁵Morrison, op. cit., Pg. 2.
³⁶O'Connor, op. cit., Pg. 2.
³⁷Harris, op. cit., Pg. 2.
³⁸ Poe, loc. cit.
³⁹Morrison, loc. cit.
⁴⁰ O'Connor, loc. cit.
⁴¹Harris, loc. cit.
⁴² Ibid, Pg. 1.
⁴³Ibid.
⁴⁴ Whatcom County Deeds, Vol. M, Pg. 143.
⁴⁵Ibid.
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.
⁵⁰Pioneer 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.
⁵¹Whatcom County Deeds, Vol. 38, Pg. 594.