down. Argument over land This dour man is nonetheless remembered for at least one example of his wit. In his memoir, recounting his failure in 1853 to reach agreement with David Swinson "Doc" Maynard over what was intended to be a joint plat of the town of Seattle, he wrote, "it was found that the doctor, who occasionally stimulated a little, had that day taken enough to cause him to feel that he was not only monarch of all he surveyed, but what Boren and I had surveyed as well." It was later shown in a review done by a professional engineering firm on behalf of the city that it was in fact Denny that was wrong about the direction the streets should run and had actually violated the law in his plat of the city. Works Pioneer Days on Puget Sound (1888). ( Text online) Pioneer Days on Puget sound, published by The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle, 1908 (Online text showing original pages) Notes References Biography of Arthur A. Denny The finding guide at the Washington State Historical Society for Arthur A. Denny Photo of Denny, 1865 Photo of Denny, 1840 Photo of sisters Louisa Boren and Mary Boren, wives of Arthur A. Denny and his brother David Denny. 1822 births 1899 deaths People from Knox County, Illinois Seattle City Council members King County Councillors People of the Washington Territory Members of the Washington Territorial Legislature American city founders American bankers Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Washington Territory Washington (state) Republicans People from Washington County, Indiana Washington (state) pioneers 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American businesspeople