“A Perpetual Ovation” in Port Townsend for Major Morris
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The very first issue of The Democratic Press (August 31, 1877) covered a visit to Port Townsend by Treasury Agent William Gouverneur Morris. It is safe to say the reporter was not impressed. A GILT-EDGED FARCE “Port Townsend has been the recipient, recently, of a visit from Major Morris, Special Agent of the Treasury Department. This individual was sent here ostensibly for the purpose of…