<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>William T. Pickering papers, 1861-1867</dc:title><dc:creator>Pickering, William T., 1798-1873</dc:creator><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>The collection contains correspondence with President Abraham Lincoln relating to William Pickering's appointment as governor of Washington Territory and political conditions there. There are also testimonial letters and drafts of two messages to the legislature. 65 p.</dc:description><dc:description>Typed transcript housed with originals.</dc:description><dc:description>Available on microfilm.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>