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Biographical NoteFrederick 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 NoteApproximately, 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. Organization1 Series: I. CorrespondenceRestrictionsRestrictionsNone. CopyrightIt 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 MaterialArizona Lumber and Timber Company Collection, AHS MS#47
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Access PointsPersonal 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 InformationCredit LineArizona Historical Society/Flagstaff, AHS-ND 103 Container List
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