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BIRTHDAY AND SILVER WEDDING 
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He was a resident of Washington 
Territory for four years, during the 
latter part of which he was elected to 
the first legislature for four years, but 
he resigned before the expiration of 
the term to accompany Gov. Stevens 
of Washington to the Yellowstone to 
make a treaty with the Blackfeet 
Indians, the most hostile of all the 
tribes on the continent. 
Mr. Tappan had been called to the 
Yakamas previous to this in an en- 
deavor to pacify them, and he was in 
council with their chiefs three days. 
He did not succeed in his mission, 
however, and was forced to return. 
He was said to be the last white man 
to get out of the country alive. 
During his life on the Pacific coast 
he and a partner named Knighton 
were agents for the Pacific Mail 
Steamship company, continuing thus 
for about six years when the docks of 
the company were burned and the 
terminal was transferred to Portland, 
Ore. 
He also had some experience in cat- 
tle raising during his life in the West, 
operating a large cattle ranch on the 
Columbia river for some years. He 
finally disposed of the cattle, however, 
in Vancouver, and crossed the Rock- 
ies again to Colorado, starting a sheep 
ranch in Colorado Springs. Shortly 
after this in 1856, he started in the 
hardware business in Denver and 
Central City, in which he prospered 
till the great fire in 1874, which com- 
pletely destroyed the latter city. 
Lieut. Fremont’s exploration trip 
to Oregon was something which Mr. 
Tappan was very much interested in 
at the time, and he expected to go on 
the trip, but on learning the route 
proposed, which did not meet his ap- 
proval, he abandoned the attempt. 
He was afterwards very thankful for 
this, as nearly the entire party lost 
their lives in the mountains. 
He was in the far West at the time 
of the big gold fever, 1849, and 
though he cannot ‘be called one of the 
_ “forty-niners’’ he was interested in 
mining, and during his stay in Colo- 
rado and California he was interested 
in 100 or more mines. 
Few men there were who traveled 
that section more than he. He 
crossed and recrossed the mountains 
four times, and also made the round 
trip once by way of Panama. 
On his return home Mr. Tappan 
turned his attention to civil engineer- 
ing, which he followed up to within a 
few years, when he was forced to re- 
tire from active work by his advanc- 
ing years. 
Mr. Tappan is one of Manchester’s 
best known and most highly respected 
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126 Washington Street, Salem, Mass. 
citizens. Though he has not served 
in any of the town offices, he has 
served from time to time on important 
town committees, and in 1881 he rep- 
resented the town in the General 
Court. In 1885 and the year follow- 
“ing he represented the district in the 
senate ; in fact, he is the last senator 
Manchester sent to the State house. 
Since its organization he has_ been 
secretary of the Elder Brethren, 
until a year or two ago when he was 
detained from serving because of his 
increasing feebleness. He is also a 
member of the Manchester Historical 
society, and some of the numerous 
valuable sketches which he has writ- 
ten of his experience in the West are 
preserved in the archives of this 
society. 
He was married twice, his first wife 
being Margaret Anderson, daughter 
of a British officer of the East India 
company. She passed away about 35 
years ago. His present wife was 
Miss Augusta Wheaton of this town. 
Mr. and Mrs. Tappan were assisted 
in receiving their callers Monday by 
Miss Lillian Wheaton, a sister of Mrs. 
Tappan, and Mrs. Alice Wheaton. 
Numerous very pretty ‘silver gifts 
were presented to the couple, and 
several pieces of cut glass, as well as 
a birthday cake from Mrs. Tappan’s 
niece, Miss Edith Wheaton. 
The following young ladies acted 
as ushers and assisted in serving: 
Miss Edith Wheaton, Miss Annabel 
Haraden, Miss Alice Haraden, Miss 
Jennie Sargent and Miss Katherine 
Watson. 
Among those who called were: 
Mrs. Roland C. Lincoln, Mrs. D. 
Saunders, Miss Stepfor, the Misses 
Wetherbee, Mrs. Joseph Proctor and 
Miss Proctor of Boston; Mr. and 
Mrs. A, S. Jewett, Mr. and Mrs F. 
J. Merrill, Mr. and Mrs. A. W, Mead, 
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Beaton, Mr. and 
Mrs. Geo. A. Kitfield, Mr. and Mrs. 
Geo. W. Jewett, Mr. N. C. Marshall, 
Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Marshall, Mr. G. 
H. Allen, Miss Carrie Allen, Mrs. 
Hobbie, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Allen, 
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stanley, Mr. and 
Mrs. D. L. Bingham, Mr. and Mrs. 
Osborne Leach, Mr. Andrew Johnson 
and the Misses Johnson, Mr. Harvey 
Allen, all of Manchester; and Hon. 
Henry C. Leach and Mrs. Harry 
Leach of Salem. 
Valentine — Tullock 
At the home of the bride’s parents 
in Peabody, Wednesday evening, 
Ernest L. Valentine and Miss M. 
Ethel Tullock were united in marriage 
by the Rev. Arthur Bonner of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, Peabody. 
Mr. Valentine is well known in Man- 
chester being one of the popular 
clerks at Semons & Campbell’s the 
past season. The couple will reside 
in Manchester next season. 
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