James Willis Nesmith print block and broadside circa 1820-1885

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James Willis Nesmith print block and broadside circa 1820-1885

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09048

James Willis Nesmith was a US Senator and a US Representative for Oregon between 1861-1875. This collection includes a print block and a broadside.

0.1 linear feet, 1 folder

eng,

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6365465

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Nesmith, James Willis, 1820-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68k7ghb (person)

James Willis Nesmith was born July 23, 1820 in New Brunswick, Canada. He arrived in Oregon in 1843 with pioneer missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman. Nesmith held several public offices, including provisional government supreme court judge, state legislator, captain in the Cayuse, Rogue River, and Yakima Indian Wars, U.S. marshall, superintendent of Indian affairs, and U.S. senator. From the description of James Willis Nesmith papers, 1845-1885. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library)....

Thorton, J. Quinn

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