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Beeson family. Beeson family collection [manuscript], 1860-1969.

Title: Beeson family collection [manuscript], 1860-1969.

Collection includes: Typescript copy extracts from the diary and other papers of Welborn Beeson, 9 pp, 1860-1876, regarding events surrounding the Civil War and information about the Grange; Biographical information regarding John Beeson and his opposition to the United States government's hostilities towards Indians; Photocopy newspaper clippings, 1892-1967, regarding Welborn's military service and the Siskiyou Massacre of 1855; Typescript copy anecdote by Ellis Beeson, 9 pp, ca. 1969, regarding his adventures as part of a pack train in Southern Oregon, 1918.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767874238 View

Brophy, John, d.1866. Brophy-Beeson papers, 1827-1900 (bulk 1849-1890).

Title: Brophy-Beeson papers, 1827-1900 (bulk 1849-1890).

The collection contains letters, documents, and one account book related to a variety of subjects, including: gold mining and ranching in Yuba County in the 1850s; disputed California land titles; California and national politics (1856-61); rural life in La Salle County, Illinois (1856-64) and in Jackson County, Oregon (1860-85); life of the Oregon militia (1863-66); and aid to the Indians.

ArchivalResource: 240 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122386352 View

Beeson, John, 1803-1889. John Beeson letters to Eli K. Price, 1859 Jul-Oct.

Title: John Beeson letters to Eli K. Price, 1859 Jul-Oct.

Two ALS, dated at Boston, written to Eli K. Price, a board member of an unidentified organization supporting Beeson's work for the rights of American Indians. Beeson discusses a dispute over use of board members' names in soliciting donations, difficulties in raising money and meeting his expenses, and planning and results of public meetings in Boston and Philadelphia. He also briefly discusses hardships experienced by his family as a result of his work, plans for a national convention, and projected publication of his newspaper The Calumet.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702162008 View

Beeson, John, 1803-1889. John Beeson letters to Eli K. Price, 1859 Jul-Oct.

Title: John Beeson letters to Eli K. Price, 1859 Jul-Oct.

Two ALS, dated at Boston, written to Eli K. Price, a board member of an unidentified organization supporting Beeson's work for the rights of American Indians. Beeson discusses a dispute over use of board members' names in soliciting donations, difficulties in raising money and meeting his expenses, and planning and results of public meetings in Boston and Philadelphia. He also briefly discusses hardships experienced by his family as a result of his work, plans for a national convention, and projected publication of his newspaper The Calumet.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81845218 View

Jackson Co., Ore. Tax Collector. Tax Collector's receipts to Wallace Baldwin and John Beeson for territorial, county and school tax : DS, 1857 Nov. 5.

Title: Tax Collector's receipts to Wallace Baldwin and John Beeson for territorial, county and school tax : DS, 1857 Nov. 5.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 15 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122454229 View