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Foster, Philip, 1805-1884. Philip Foster papers, 1834-967 (bulk 1844-1874).

Title: Philip Foster papers, 1834-967 (bulk 1844-1874).

The collection includes: correspondence, records, documents, poll books, accounts, business agreements, legal papers, bills and receipts, newspaper clippings, and genealogical notes. Materials relate to the Columbia River-Hawaii trade; a general store in Oregon City; the firm of Foster & Pomeroy; the Willamette Cattle Company; the Barlow Road; the Eagle Creek mill, the provisional government of the Oregon Territory; the estate of Lot Whitcomb; and Clackamas School District number 17. Also included are correspondence and business papers (1832-1839) from Maine (Calais, Tallmadge Township, and Argyle), F.W. Pettygrove & Company store accounts in Calais, Maine, and Galveston, Texas; and a book titled "Sketches of the town of Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine, from its earliest settlement, to 1879" by David Norton. Correspondents include: Forbes Barclay, William Barlow, Francis Norbert Blanchet, John N. Colcord, George Law Curry, Francis Ermatinger, Overton Johnson, Joseph Lane, John McLoughlin, Joseph McLoughlin, Howard Maupin, John Hipple Mitchell, Robert Newell, Joel Palmer, Francis Pettygrove, Joseph N. Prescott, and Samuel Royal Thurston.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic feet (4 document cases, 1 custom box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70795100 View

Barlow, William, b. 1822. Recollections, ca. 1915.

Title: Recollections, ca. 1915.

"Recollections of Seventy Years," by William Barlow, is a detailed account of Dr. Samuel K. Barlow's 1845 expedition which blazed the Barlow Trail. Traveling with the Welch party, the Barlows left Fulton County, Illinois (April 2, 1845) and arrived in Oregon City, Oregon (December 23, 1845).

ArchivalResource: 8 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31208882 View