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BOLAND-B24462
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(1873-1950)
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This is a copy of the January 6, 1866, issue of Harper's Weekly, pgs. 8-9, that was photographed by Marvin Boland on February 7, 1932. The article and drawings are of the "Mercer Girls," a sample of the 400 women recruited by Asa Mercer, then president of the Washington Territory University, to emigrate to the Northwest. Washington Territory was sorely lacking females so Mr. Mercer chartered the steamer "Continental" to bring intelligent women from New England and the Midwest so they could be teachers and seamstresses. He had tried this experiment on a smaller scale a few years prior but found that his new teachers quickly married and replacements were not available in the area.
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