Bond, Thos. E. (Thomas Emerson), 1813-1872

The Oregon missionaries were collectively the religious-minded pioneers who settled in the Oregon Country of North America starting in the 1830s. The Oregon Mission (1834-1846) began as an effort by the Methodist Episcopal Church to convert the native Indians of the far west to Christianity. This mission, under the leadership of Jason Lee, largely failed in its initial goal, but played a significant role in the westward expansion of the United States of America. The Oregon Mission helped to define the current national boundaries between the northwestern continental United States and Canada.

From the description of Thomas E. Bond letter : New York, N.Y., to W.P.G. Goode, Washington, D.C., 1862 Jan. 29. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 752580766