James Willis Nesmith correspondence 1867-1874

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James Willis Nesmith correspondence 1867-1874

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv73730

James Willis Nesmith was a US Senator and a US Representative for Oregon between 1861-1875. This collection consists of correspondence.

0.1 linear feet, 1 folder

eng,

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6377546

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Nesmith, James Willis, 1820-1885

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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)....