In the second excerpt, Thomas Roebuck mentions “grinders’ complaint” as a health problem common to those in his occupation. What type of illness do you think this might have been? How do you know? What could have been some of the contributing occupational factors in this illness?

Which of the following is not true about isaac stevens, the first territorial governor of washngton a he was friends with the president franklin pierce b he graduated first in his class at west point academy che served in the mexican-american war he reluctantly accepted the job as governor