Sisson Letter Book, 1892-1895

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Sisson Letter Book, 1892-1895

AHS-ND 103


Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Sission, Frederick William
Collection Name	Sisson Letter Book
Inclusive Dates:	1892-1895
Physical Description	1 letter book with approximately 450 entries.
Abstract	Letters written by Frederick W. Sisson. Sisson was a local Flagstaff, Arizona businessman who is notable for having managed the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company. The correspondence cover a wide variety of subjects and include a letter of recommendation to President Grover Cleveland for attorney E. E. Ellinwood, who was seeking appointment as U.S. District Attorney for the Arizona Territory.
Collection Number	AHS-ND 103
Language	English
Repository	Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff Archives PO Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523 5551 Fax: 928 774 1596 Email: ahsnad@infomagic.net

Biographical Note

Frederick W. Sisson was a local Flagstaff, Arizona businessman who is notable for having managed the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company. He was born in Illinois in 1862 and went to Knox College where he graduated with honors. After working in Peoria, Illinois for a couple of years, Sisson moved to Flagstaff and became treasurer for the Riordan family company, the Arizona Lumber and Timber and Company. In 1888 he married Mary Willcox. According to various accounts, Sisson was one of the foremost and best loved citizens of Flagstaff as well as respected throughout the west for his intelligence, honesty, and business acumen. He died in Los Angeles of ptomaine poisoning in 1908.

Scope and Content Note

Approximately, 450 letters written by Frederick W. Sisson. Sisson was treasurer for the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company. However, the correspondence in this collection are of a personal and personal-business nature. The correspondence cover a wide variety of subjects and includes a letter of recommendation to President Grover Cleveland for attorney E. E. Ellinwood, who was seeking appointment as U.S. District Attorney for the Arizona Territory.

Organization

1 Series: I. Correspondence

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University and the Arizona Historical Society, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Related Material

Arizona Lumber and Timber Company Collection, AHS MS#47

Arizona Lumber and Timber Company NAU MS#266

Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff, Photographic Collections, AHS #900

Access Points

Personal Name(s)

Sisson, Frederick William--Archives.

Corporate Name(s)

Arizona Lumber and Timber Company--Archives.

Geographic Name(s)

Flagstaff (Ariz)

Subject(s)

Lumber trade--Arizona--Flagstaff.

Lumber trade--Arizona.

Genre Form(s)

Correspondence.

Letter books.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff, AHS-ND 103

Container List


Series I. Correspondence, 1892-1995
	1 Letterbook, 450 correspondence.

Box-folder
1.1		Sisson letter book, 1892-1895
			Approximately, 450 letters written by Frederick W. Sisson. Sisson was treasurer for the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company. However, the correspondence in this collection are of a personal and personal-business nature. The correspondence cover a wide variety of subjects and includes a letter of recommendation to President Grover Cleveland for attorney E. E. Ellinwood, who was seeking appointment as U.S. District Attorney for the Arizona Territory. Also included are letters to local and regional business correspondents.