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Outpost of empire : the Royal Marines and the joint occupation of San Juan Island / Mike Vouri.

Title
Outpost of empire : the Royal Marines and the joint occupation of San Juan Island / Mike Vouri.
Author
Vouri, Michael.
Publication
Seattle : Northwest Interpretive Association : Distributed by University of Washington Press, c2004.

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Description
105 p. : ill., maps; 18 x 23 cm.
Subject
  • Great Britain. Royal Marines > History > 19th century
  • 1800-1899
  • Military bases, British > Northwest boundary of the United States
  • San Juan Island (Wash.) > History > 19th century
  • San Juan Island National Historical Park (Wash.)
  • United States > History > 1849-1877
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-97) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Joint occupation : civil or military or both -- Site selection -- Royal Marines in the Pacific Northwest -- Rank and file -- Joint occupation : Bazalgette and Pickett -- Building the camp -- Setting into joint occupation -- Whisky, murder and mayhem -- Transitions : the camps and the American Civil War -- Camp life : food and medicine -- Hughes incident -- new commander -- camp is improved -- McKenzie incident -- Ten years and counting -- Joint occupation ends -- Archaeology.
ISBN
  • 0914019465
  • 9780914019466
OCLC
  • 57176995
  • SCSB-12251216
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library