The Indian Attack on Seattle January 26, 1856; As Described by the Eye Witness Lieut. Thomas Stowell Phelps Who "Took a Prominent Part in the Sanguinary Battle of Seattle" - INSCRIBED Copy
Seattle: Colonial Dames of America Washington State Society, 1932. Second Edition. Stiff printed wrappers. 8vo. Pp. 57. Illustrated with three black-and-white illustrations: one a bust of Phelps, another a line drawing of Seattle as seen from Elliott Bay, and, third, the first known map of Seattle. Stiff printed wraps with a woodcut of the USS Decatur on the front cover. Light age-toning to edges of covers. Inscribed by Dorothy Fay Gould on the title page, 1944. Very Good+. Item #12094 The story Phelps conveys is gripping. The villagers in Seattle were certain they were doomed by Yakama and other Indians who, purportedly, had amassed east of Seattle, bent on avenging the malignant actions of Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens. SMITH 8093. See TWENEY 61.
This edition was first published by Alice Harriman, 1908, but lacks the supplemental manuscript material discovered when the Kelleher mansion, on Seattle's First Hill, was cleared out. Specifically, several pages in Phelps' hand were discovered in the attic, along with the map of Seattle. The Kellehers sent the material to Dorothy Gould. Gould, the wife of the founder of the University of Washington School of Architecture, Carl Gould (and himself a prominent architect). Dorothy Gould was an historian interested in Northwest history and wrote Beyond the Shining Mountains, among other books.
Price: $150.00