Boswell, H. James.  American Blue Book Western Washington, Seattle, Lowman and  
Hanford Co., 1922.  p. 210.

EDGAR BATTLE: I THINK I can truthfully say that nowhere in the service of the 
United States government is there to be found a man thoroughly qualified for 
the office he holds than Edgar Battle, who since 1912 has served as postmaster 
of Seattle, his appointment having been made by President Woodrow Wilson.  Mr. 
Battle is a Texan by birth.  Following the completion of his educational 
training in Baylor University, from which he graduated with the M. A. degree.  
Mr. battle's experience in the mail service dates from 1885, when he entered 
upon the study of law in the offices of his father, Judge Nicholas W. Battle.  
Later on Mr. Battle became traveling claim agent for the Houston, Texas & 
Central railway, during which time he was associated with the attorneys of 
that company and was serving in that capacity when he received appointment as 
United States Consul in Mexico.  This appointment was made by President Grover 
Cleveland. Mr. Battle remained in that office during the Spanish-American war, 
and continued in the position for two years of more under President William 
McKinley, notwithstanding he had asked to be relieved.  Following his 
retirement from consulate duties, Mr. Battle came to Seattle, to which place 
his parents had moved in 1889, and where his father remained in the active 
practice of his profession until his demise in 1905.  Mr. Battle was offered 
and accepted a position with the Pacific Mail steamship Company as its 
representative in Mexico, with headquarters at Acapulco, Mex.  When he 
resigned, due to ill health, his position was held open for him two years or 
more.  In 1903 Mr. Battle associated himself with T. m. McGough and C. C. 
Ramsay in the real estate and fire insurance business, and continued in the 
field until his selection for the postmastership of Seattle by President 
Wilson.  Seattle never experienced the modern mail service it does today 
before Mr. Battle took office.

Submitted by: Judy Bivens

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