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.
Proceedings of a meeting of the Bar... on the arrest of the Hon. Edward Lander
Proceedings of a meeting of the Bar... on the arrest of the Hon. Edward Lander
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Steilacoom, May 7th, 1856
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