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ID, Boise City-Ada County-Idaho Territory Delegate Letter

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ID, Boise City-Ada County-Idaho Territory Delegate Letter
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This is an interesting letter written by John Hailey to R.G. Johnston of Silver City. Hailey was elected mayor of Boise, Idaho Territory, in 1871 but never took office. He later served as a delegate to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875). He declined to be a candidate for re-nomination in 1874. In this letter, Hailey is asking Johnston if he might like to take his place as a delegate. He writes, "Do you want to go to Congress as delegate from Idaho next term? I don’t want to go but would like to see you go."
 The letter is in very good condition, sharp readable and clear.

He later served as member of the Territorial council of Idaho in 1880 and served as its president.

In 1884, Hailey was elected to the Forty-ninth (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He was appointed warden of the Idaho State Penitentiary in 1899. In 1907, upon the founding of the Historical Society of the State of Idaho -- now the Idaho State Historical Society -- Hailey was made its first Secretary and Librarian While Secretary and Librarian in 1910, at the request of the Legislature, Mr. Hailey wrote a history of the state.

He died in Boise on April 10, 1921 and was interred in the Masonic Burial Ground. The city of Hailey is named in his honor.

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