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Stephens, William. Minutes and journal, 1847-1858.

Title: Minutes and journal, 1847-1858.

Handscript volume containing meeting minutes (1847) of the Burlington Iowa company of emigrants to Oregon; minutes consist of discussion and motions related to the organization of an emigrant wagon train; meeting officers included Samuel R. Thurston (clerk) and James Davidson (chairman); end of volume consists of journal kept during William Stephens' ship voyage from New York to Aspinwall, Panama in 1858 (2 p.).

ArchivalResource: Handscript: 1 v. (13 p.)Typescript: 7 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31760076 View

Thurston family. Thurston family papers [manuscript], circa 1840-1880.

Title: Thurston family papers [manuscript], circa 1840-1880.

Papers, circa 1840-1880, of Samuel R. Thurston and his wife, Elizabeth F. Includes: correspondence, 1844-1852; documents, including contracts, commissions, deeds, papers regarding the death and estate of Samuel Thurston and other matters; miscellaneous manuscript material, including addresses, essays, biographical data, and a diary of Samuel's trip from Portland, Oregon, to Jamaica, 1849.

ArchivalResource: .45 cubic feet (1 document case)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741858215 View

Thurston, Samuel Royal, 1816-1851. Samuel R. Thurston letters [microform], 1850-1851.

Title: Samuel R. Thurston letters [microform], 1850-1851. 1850-1851.

ArchivalResource: ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55758927 View

Thornton, J. Quinn (Jessy Quinn), 1810-1888. J. Quinn Thornton papers, 1810-1888.

Title: J. Quinn Thornton papers, 1810-1888.

Includes correspondence, notes, and other papers concerning "Why Dr. McLougnlin withdrew from the Hudson's Bay Company"; scrapbook containing clippings relating to Oregon history from S.A. Clarke collection; bound volume of essays titled "Comments of J. Quinn Thornton" (formerly Mss 371 B); receipt to James Moffett for $1,000 for lot in Oregon City, 1851 July 15; complaint in action of debt, U.S. District Court, J. Quinn Thornton, plaintiff, Joshua Wells and Edward Morgan, defendants; printed pamphlet titled "Salem titles : history of the title to real estate in Salem" (48 p.); and letter from Samuel R. Thurston, 1850 Dec. 7, concerning Thornton's accusations against Thurston (4 p.). Also includes Essays on various topics, holograph manuscripts by Thornton, including an essay on the Oregon Bible Society and an autobiography (designated as Mss 371-1).

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54367885 View

Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874. Letter, 1850.

Title: Letter, 1850.

Letter (August 10, 1850) written by Henry H. Spalding at Kalapooya to Samuel R. Thurston concerning Spalding's appointment as postmaster, postal statistics, and the execution of five Cayuse Indians for the Whitman Massacre.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32407470 View

Parrish, Josiah L., 1806-1895. Letter, 1850.

Title: Letter, 1850.

Letter (July 15, 1850) written by Josiah L. Parrish of Portland, Oregon to Samuel R. Thurston describing his travels as Indian agent along the upper Columbia River; Parrish reports meeting with several Indian chiefs, including those of the Paloos, Yakima, Spokane, and Klikitat tribes; mentions money owed him for salary and expenses. Parrish also discusses the growth of Portland.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32407188 View

Thurston, Samuel Royal, 1816-1851. Samuel R. Thurston letters to Wesley Shannon [manuscript], 1850 Feb. 3 - 1851 Feb. 27.

Title: Samuel R. Thurston letters to Wesley Shannon [manuscript], 1850 Feb. 3 - 1851 Feb. 27.

Collection includes a combination of original and typescript copies of letters written from Samuel R. Thurston to Wesley Shannon, 1850 Feb. 3 - 1851 Feb. 27. Topics include Indian Affairs of Oregon, Oregon penitentiary, national political maneuvering especially in regard to Donation Land Law, the newspaper the Oregon Statesman, capital controversy, Oregon politics, Dr. John McLoughlin, the Oregon City land claims dispute, and Free African Americans in Oregon. Also included in the collection is one letter from Wesley Shannon to E.L. Bristow, 1884 Apr. 4.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663208089 View

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

Thurston Family Papers, 1838-1887

Title: Thurston Family Papers 1838-1887

Papers concerning Samuel Thurston, his wife Elizabeth, and the early settlement of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Materials include correspondence, business papers, diary extracts, speeches, publications, and writings.

ArchivalResource: .6 cubic feet; 1 document case, 1 reel of microfilm

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv57498 View

George Abernethy Papers, 1833-1905

Title: George Abernethy Papers 1833-1905

Papers of a provisional governor of the Oregon Territory, churchman, and merchant. Includes letterpress copybook, 1847-1850; additional correspondence, including correspondence with Neil M. Howison, captain of the schooner , wrecked on the bar of the Columbia River; papers of the Brig Henry Association, ca. 1850; papers of George's son William Abernethy; legal, military, and business papers; receipts, biographical data, clippings and ephemera. Shark

ArchivalResource: 0.6 cubic feet; 2 document boxes; 1 oversize folder

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv34207 View

McLench family. McLench family papers [manuscript], 1850-1932.

Title: McLench family papers [manuscript], 1850-1932.

Collection includes various papers from the Myrick family, including letters from Samuel R. Thurston, 1850 Oct. 26 and Wilson Blain, 1851 Feb. 25, to Benjamin Franklin McLench; handwritten obituary of Mary Almira Gray McLench, wife of Benjamin and an early school teacher in Polk County, by her friend Elizabeth M. Wilson; letter from Frank G. McLench, son of Benjamin, to George Himes, 1932 Mar. 5, with an account of family history; two versions of Mary Almira Gray McLench's typed reminiscences of her trip to Oregon with a group of four other teachers, sent to Oregon as coordinated by former Governor of Vermont William Slade and an agency known as the National Board of Popular Education, 1901 and 1907; and a typed obituary for Mary Almira Gray McLench.

ArchivalResource: .04 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/664127179 View

William M. King Papers, 1832-1873

Title: William M. King Papers 1832-1873

Papers of a merchant, civic leader, and territorial legislator of Portland, Oregon. Includes correspondence, financial records, notebooks, and ledgers. Materials relate to King's enterprises, including the firms of Butler & King, King & Kittridge, and a lawsuit concerning King's work on the Erie Canal.

ArchivalResource: 2 cubic ft.; 3 document cases, 1 flat box

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv48570 View

Thurston, Samuel Royal, 1816-1851. Thurston family papers, 1838-1887.

Title: Thurston family papers, 1838-1887.

Correspondence (1844-1852), includes letters from and to Thurston's constituents, as well as personal letters (1849- 1851) from Thurston to his wife during his term as Oregon's delegate to Congress. Subjects include the Oregon donation land law, Dr. John McLoughlin's land claims, establishment of the Oregon Statesman, Oregon Baptist Education Society, growth of Portland, and political affairs in Oregon. Correspondents include John Adair, Jesse Applegate, Wilson Blain, William P. Bryant, Asahel Bush, Anson Dart, William H. Gray, Lafayette Grover, William Harkness, David Hill, Hezekiah Johnson, William King, Hall J. Kelley, Joseph Lane, Asa L. Lovejoy, James W. Nesmith, Samuel Parker, Josiah L. Parrish, William B. Preston, Nicholas Shrum, Henry H. Spalding, J. Q. Thornton, and others. Typescript diary (November 21, 1849-August 28, 1850) documents Thurston's activities as Oregon delegate to Congress and a handscript copy of journal (1849) describes Thurston's voyage from Portland to the Caribbean. Legal documents include contracts, deeds, and papers regarding the death and estate of Thurston. Additional manuscript materials include handscript copies of Thruston's public addresses and printed documents related to important issues such as postage reform, road improvement, and the Oregon Land Bill. Typescript biography (1879) of Samuel Royal Thurston was written by the former Mrs. Thurston -- Mrs. W. H. Odell. includes: 30 letters from Samuel Thurston to his wife Elizabeth; and a number of speeches of Thurston given in the U.S. Congress.

ArchivalResource: .6 cubic feet (1 document case, 1 reel microfilm)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/744494846 View

Thurston, Samuel Royal, 1816-1851. Samuel R. Thurston letter to Wesley Shannon [manuscript], 1850 June 22.

Title: Samuel R. Thurston letter to Wesley Shannon [manuscript], 1850 June 22.

Handwritten letter discussing Thurston's opposition to free African Americans in the Oregon Territory.

ArchivalResource: 8 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663206922 View

Samuel R. Thurston letter to Eugene F. Skinner, 1849 November 27

Title: Samuel R. Thurston letter to Eugene F. Skinner 1849 November 27

Letter from Samuel R. Thurston, New York, to Eugene F. Skinner, Benton County, Oregon, 2 pp, 27 November 1849, regarding talking to East Coast newspaper editors to promote Oregon. Samuel Royal Thurston (1816-1851) was the first Oregon delegate to Congress.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv88687 View

Thurston, Samuel Royal, 1816-1851. Samuel R. Thurston letter to Eugene F. Skinner [[manuscript], 1849 November 27.

Title: Samuel R. Thurston letter to Eugene F. Skinner [[manuscript], 1849 November 27.

Letter from Samuel R. Thurston, New York, to Eugene F. Skinner, Benton County, Oregon, 2 pp, 27 November 1849, regarding talking to East Coast newspaper editors to promote Oregon.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/769652761 View

Thurston, Samuel Royal, 1816-1851. Samuel R. Thurston letters to Wilson L. Blain [manuscript], 1850.

Title: Samuel R. Thurston letters to Wilson L. Blain [manuscript], 1850.

Six letters from Samuel R. Thurston to Rev. Wilson L. Blain, 1850 Feb. 13, Mar. 23, Apr. 24, June 30, and Aug. 9, the last of which is addressed to "Editor Spectator."

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/669500711 View

Washington State Library. Washington State Library's collection of Samuel R. Thurston's letters, 1850-1851.

Title: Washington State Library's collection of Samuel R. Thurston's letters, 1850-1851.

This is a collection of letters written by Samuel R. Thurston from 1850-1851. The letters in the WSL collection are either photocopies or typewritten transcriptions by Hazel Mills. WSL librarian.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear foot (3 binders).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318815522 View

Skinner, Eugene Franklin, 1809-1864. Eugene Franklin Skinner letters [manuscript], 1849-1860.

Title: Eugene Franklin Skinner letters [manuscript], 1849-1860.

Collection includes letters to Skinner from Samuel R. Thurston requesting a map of Benton County; offer to recommend Skinner as postmasters; report on cholera epidemic; complaint of "Oregon City clique" ; asking Skinner to distribute copies of a speech; and reporting status of bills in Congress. Letters from Skinner to his sister Phebe Urquhart discussing his wife's health, the children's piano lessons, and other family news.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668236512 View

Applegate, Jesse. Jesse Applegate letters to Elwood Evans [manuscript], 1867 July 26, Oct. 13.

Title: Jesse Applegate letters to Elwood Evans [manuscript], 1867 July 26, Oct. 13.

Acknowledges letter of 16th; criticizes Evan's intentions in to write his History of Oregon; postscript to Deady concerning Hudson's Bay Company; sub-agency of Dr.White; character of John McLoughlin; Oregon boundary legislature of 1845; S.R. Thurston; Marcus Whitman; Mrs. Victor's claim against U.S. Yoncalla.

ArchivalResource: 14 pp.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668421928 View

Philip Foster papers, 1834-1967, 1844-1874

Title: Philip Foster papers 1834-1967 1844-1874

Papers of Philip Foster, a native of Maine who came to Oregon in the 1840s, established businesses and farms in the Willamette Valley, served as treasurer of the Oregon provisional government, and helped to build and maintain the Barlow Road. He was the brother-in-law and business partner of Francis W. Pettygrove, one of the founders of Portland, Oregon. Papers include business, family, and political correspondence, records of businesses in Maine and Oregon; financial records of the Barlow Road, and papers relating to the Clackamas County, Oregon, school district.

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

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv57128 View

Schnebly, David J., 1818-1901. Letters to the editor of the Oregon Spectator [manuscripts], 1850-1851.

Title: Letters to the editor of the Oregon Spectator [manuscripts], 1850-1851.

Collection includes: Manuscript letter from Samuel R. Thurston, 1 p, December 9, 1850 and January 16, 1851, the latter also containing a manuscript copy of a letter from William P. Bryant to William J. Brown, concerning the hand bill of John McLoughlin; Manuscript copy of a letter from Jesse Applegate, 4 pp, March 14, 1851.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/676928759 View

Morrison, Robert,. Robert Morrison photographic collection [graphic], circa 1858-1902.

Title: Robert Morrison photographic collection [graphic], circa 1858-1902.

24 black and white and 2 tin-type photographs, circa 1858-1902, of stage coaches in Oregon, the blockhouse at Fort Umpqua, and portraits of: Winema, Mrs. E. M. Lockhart, Capt. L. L. Williams, Dr. Henry Hermann, Samuel R. Thurston, Capt. O. C. Applegate, Jesse Applegate, E. D. Baker, Binger Hermann, Sam and Louisa Dement, Lafayette Grover, James W. Nesmith, Grandma Yoakum and some unidentified.

ArchivalResource: .04 cubic feet (26 photographs in 1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774999087 View

Thurston, Samuel Royal, 1816-1851. ALS and receipt : Washington, D.C., 1850.

Title: ALS and receipt : Washington, D.C., 1850.

A letter to his wife, 31 August, asking her to settle accounts with Blair for newspapers; on the integral leaf is a receipt in another hand for a number of books and journals apparently received by mail.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 p.) ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122617165 View

Thurston, Samuel Royal, 1816-1851. Samuel R. Thurston letter to Wesley Shannon [manuscript], 1850 Sept. 15.

Title: Samuel R. Thurston letter to Wesley Shannon [manuscript], 1850 Sept. 15.

Handwritten letter discussing personal and political matters.

ArchivalResource: 2 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663206904 View

Odell, Elizabeth F. McClench Thurston. Biography of Samuel Royal Thurston : Salem, Oregon : ms., 1879.

Title: Biography of Samuel Royal Thurston : Salem, Oregon : ms., 1879.

Describes Thurston's early life in Maine and Iowa, overland journey to Oregon, 1847, service in the Oregon legislature, 1848-1849, and as Delegate to Congress, 1849. Concludes with copies of letters, 1850-1851, by Thurston and others concerning the financial interests of the Hudson's Bay Company and John McLoughlin.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 45 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (48 exposures) : negative (Rich. 105:14) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26575162 View

Moore, James M. Letter, 1850.

Title: Letter, 1850.

Letter (June 18, 1850) from James M. Moore of Linn City, Oregon to Samuel R. Thurston concerning the election of Levi A. Rice as Indian agent; mentions political attitudes and parties in Oregon.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32407159 View

J. Quinn Thornton papers, 1837-1929, 1860-1874

Title: J. Quinn Thornton papers 1837-1929 1860-1874

Papers of an Oregon lawyer, jurist, and author who came overland to the west coast in 1846. Includes correspondence, notes, legal papers, manuscripts of essays, a scrapbook. Many of the items relate to Thornton's research on Dr. John McLoughlin and the Hudson's Bay Company.

ArchivalResource: .8 cubic feet (2 document cases)

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv56103 View