Pacific Slope collection, 1832-1953.

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Pacific Slope collection, 1832-1953.

Relates to the history of the Pacific Slope from 1832 until 1953. Includes notes, manuscripts, and typescripts on the founding and development of the California Mission system; letters, legal documents, and manuscripts dealing with early land claims, businesses, and legal cases; letters on political issues in California in the 1890s; political cartoons; family letters (1850s); historical biographies; manuscripts on Oregon history by Samuel J. Parker (1893); business correspondence; materials on the San Francisco Reform Movement (1909-1910), the Society of California Pioneers, the Committee of Vigilance, the San Francisco Fire Department, and the Savage Mining Company (1864-1891). Also includes newsclipping scrapbooks (1870-1872) and maps of Oregon territory (1838) and the Whitman Trail (1834-1847).

2.5 linear feet.

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York, John, 1949-

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Miller, E. H.

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Townsend, Elizabeth S.

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Hudson, David L., 1969-....

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McCormick, Rodney.

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Doyle, John T. (John Thomas), 1819-1906

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For fifty years, John Thomas Doyle worked on the "Pious Fund" case as legal counselor for San Francisco Catholic Archbishops Joseph Alemany and Patrick Riordan. Doyle was born on November 26, 1819 in New York. In 1851, he came to San Francisco and practiced law. He returned to New York in 1856. In New York, he married Antonia Pons, returning to San Francisco in 1859. He served in various positions throughout his life: member of the first Board of Regents for the University of California, Califor...

Wheeler, Philip H.

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American businessman. From the description of Philip H. Wheeler papers, 1896-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869981 ...

Hudson's Bay Company

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The Hudson's Bay Company began in 1670, and by the 1820s it had expanded to the Pacific Northwest. John McLoughlin served as the head of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia district. In this position, which McLoughlin held for twenty-one years, he oversaw the company's operations throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Researching the role Dr. McLoughlin played in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company were Robert C. Clark and Burt B. Barker. Both were historians at the University of Oregon wh...

Felton, Charles Norton, 1828-1914.

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Doyle, Helen MacKnight, 1873-1957

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Stevenson, E. A.

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Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847

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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman served as missionaries to the Cayuse Indians at Waiilatpu (near Walla Walla, Washington) from 1836 until they were murdered in 1847. They operated under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Letters, 1834-1847. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31911271 Marcus Whitman was born on September 4, 1802 in Rushville, New York. His father's early death necessitate...

Schallenberger, Moses, 1826-1909

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Early California pioneer. From the description of Moses Schallenberger papers, 1847-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866347 ...

Sloan, E. W. F.

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San Francisco Browning Society

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Leland, George W.

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Parker, Samuel, Jr.

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Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847

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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman served as missionaries to the Cayuse Indians at Waiilatpu (near Walla Walla, Washington) from 1836 until they were murdered in 1847. They operated under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Letters, 1835-1847. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31911964 On title page: "(The copy from which this was made is in Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington.)" On l...

Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858

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Thomas O. Larkin (1802-1858) was a merchant who settled in Monterey, California, who later became U.S. consul (1844-48) and served as a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention in 1849. From the description of Letter from Thomas Oliver Larkin to Job Francis Dye and party, 1845 Aug. 10. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499643 Thomas O. Larkin, early California pioneer, arrived in California in 1832. Became succe...

Parker, Samuel, 1681-1730

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Samuel Parker, medalist. From the description of S. Parker letters to unidentified recipient, 1827-1828. (Metropolitan Museum of Art). WorldCat record id: 750153558 ...

Leland, Joseph, 1756-1839

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The General Society of the Cincinnati was founded in May 1783 at the Verplank house, Fishkill, New York, by Continental Army officers who fought in the American Revolution. It was organized in fourteen constituent societies, one of which is the Massachusetts Society. After the war, Leland engaged in lumbering and general merchandising in Saco; he was a state senator (1805-1808). He was an original member of the Massachusetts Society (1783-1824). From the desc...

Evans, Joseph J.

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Savage Mining Company.

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