Professor Baird
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- Jan 29, 1891The Seal Pup Wars: A Local Naturalist vs. The Smithsonian’s ‘Sense-Keeper’James G. Swan, a long-time Neah Bay resident and customs inspector, challenges Henry W. Elliott’s decades-old claim that newborn fur seal pups sink like stones, offering eyewitness testimony from Captain Elijah McAlmond that they swim.Neah Bay, WA
- Feb 1, 1891The Octopus and the Seal: A Local Captain’s War Against a Washington MonopolyIn 1901, Port Townsend resident James G. Swan published affidavits from experienced hunters to debunk Professor Elliott’s claim that seal pups sink like stones, exposing the Alaska Commercial Company’s stranglehold on federal policy.Port Townsend, WA