Robert Newell papers 1829-1868

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Robert Newell papers 1829-1868

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Papers of an Oregon pioneer, trapper, and Indian agent. Includes typescript copy of Newell's diary of an 1868 voyage from Portland, Oregon, to Washington, D.C. with a group of Nez Perce Indians; hand written copies of letters regarding William Gray's ; and Newell's account of the 1843 meeting at Champoeg, which formed the provisional government of the Oregon Territory. Only a small number of the items are original documents. History of Oregon

.6 cubic feet (1 document case, 1 oversize folder, 1 partial reel of microfilm)

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Newell, Robert, 1807-1869

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Robert Newell was a fur trapper, pioneer, State legislator, and Indian agent of Oregon. From the description of Memorandum of Robert Newell's travels in the territory of Missouri, 1829-1842. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 55674689 Robert Newell was a fur trapper, pioneer, Oregon State legislator, Indian agent, and a member of a commission sent by Oregon's Provisional Government to hold council with Indian tribes on the Columbia River after the Whitman ...

Gray, William Henry, 1810-1889.

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Dr. William Henry Gray, a physician and lay missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, was born on May 10, 1810. In 1836, he joined Marcus Whitman and Henry H. Spalding to travel overland and establish a mission for the Indians of the Oregon Country. In 1837, Gray traveled east in order to obtain more recruits for the missions and returned the following year with his new bride, Mary Augusta Dix Gray. William Gray was also instrumental in the formation of Oregon's Pr...