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Archives treasure #1: 1862 Pig War letter

Archives treasure #1: 1862 Pig War letter

(Image courtesy of Washington State Archives) The State Archives has no lack of interesting documents related to American wars. Thankfully, that means that even some of our nation’s forgotten conflicts are represented. September’s first Archives treasure is from the Pig War of 1859, a confrontation between the United States and the British Empire over the boundary between the U.S. and what was then British North America.  Both nations claimed possession of the San Juan Islands and tension was intensified after…

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