B. F. Dowell papers 1850-1896

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B. F. Dowell papers 1850-1896

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv92696

The collection contains a description of Dowell's trip from the eastern U.S. to Sacramento during the California gold rush, two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, several pieces of correspondence to and from Dowell, a satiric poem by P.H. Bartlett and a printed flyer concerning an 1873 court case.

.25 cubic feet (1 document case)

eng,

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6381134

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Dowell, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

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Yreka, Calif. miner (1855). Collection includes his 1855 diary describing battles with Indians, work with pack animals and activities at mining camps in northern California. Later, Dowell was a Portland, Oregon attorney (1860s-1890). From the description of B.F. Dowell papers, 1855-1885. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 34941023 An attorney in Jacksonville, Oregon, Benjamin Franklin Dowell was born in Virginia in 1826. He graduated from the University of Virg...