LC control no. | n 79121688 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Denny, Arthur Armstrong, 1822-1899 |
Variant(s) | Denny, Arthur A. (Arthur Armstrong), 1822-1899 |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Seattle (Wash.) |
Birth date | 1822-06-20 |
Death date | 1899-01-09 |
Place of birth | Washington County (Ind.) |
Place of death | Seattle (Wash.) |
Affiliation | Washington Territory. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives |
Profession or occupation | Legislators Civic leaders Public officers |
Found in | His Pioneer days on Puget Sound, 1908. NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for His Papers, 1850-1896 (Arthur Armstrong Denny; 1822-1899; civic leader, public official) Bagley, C.B. Hist. of Seattle, 1916: v. 2 (Arthur Armstrong Denny; s. John & Sarah (Wilson) D.; m. Mary Ann Boren; moved from Ill. to Ore., 1851; to Wash., 1852; one of founding fathers of Seattle; Republican; active in politics; served as delegate from Wash. Ter. to US Cong.; prominent businessman & merchant; memb. Dexter Horton & Co., Seattle bankers) HistoryLink.org, July 24, 2013 (Denny, Arthur Armstrong (1822-1899); born near Salem, Washington County, Indiana on June 20, 1822; died January 9, 1899) Wikipedia, July 24, 2013 (Arthur A. Denny; Arthur Armstrong Denny (June 20, 1822-January 9, 1899); one of the founders of Seattle, Washington; born near Salem, Washington County, Indiana; died Seattle, Washington; was a county commissioner first for Thurston County (in what was then still part of the Oregon Territory), and then, after Washington became a separate territory, for King County; served as Seattle's first postmaster and in the territorial House of Representatives for nine consecutive terms, including serving a term as speaker; was involved in founding the University of Washington and donated much of the land for its original site) |
Associated language | eng |