COLL/193 Guide to the Frederick Walker Pitkin Collection Pitkin, Frederick Walker Collection

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Guide to the Frederick Walker Pitkin Collection 1857/1878 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Frederick Walker Pitkin Collection 1857-1878 COLL/193 Pitkin, Frederick Walker, 1837-1886 0.25 1 Boxes Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Attorney and politician. The collection includes two bound notebooks containing lectures given at the Albany Law School and briefs with a topical index.
Biographical Information:

Frederick Walker Pitkin was born in Manchester, Connecticut on August 31, 1837. Pitkin attended college at Wesleyan University. He went off to Albany Law School to earn his law degree in 1859. After graduation he journeyed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and launched his law career at the law firm of Palmer, Hooker, and Pitkin. Pitkin became ill and resigned from the law firm to travel to Europe to find a cure. After his health stabilized, Pitkin moved to Colorado. While in Colorado he returned to practicing law and invested in mining. In 1879 Pitkin became Governor of Colorado and won a second term in 1881. During his time in office, he dealt in in the railway dispute between the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and the Denver & Rio Grande Companies, uprising of the Ute Indians at the Battle of Milk Creek; and the Leadville Strike. Pitkin attempted to run for the U.S. Senate, but was unsuccessful. After his tenure was over he returned to his law practice. Frederick Walker Pitkin passed away on December 18, 1886 in Pueblo, Colorado.

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Detailed List of Contents id41317 Notebooks 1857-1878 id41318 1 id41319 1 1 Notebook volume: "Lectures Albany Law School December 1st 1857" 1857-1858 id41320 1 2 Notebook volume: Briefs with a topical index 1858-1878