Papers, 1832-1864.

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Papers, 1832-1864.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122536766

The collection contains a significant amount of correspondence dated from 1832 to 1864, the correspondence after 1857 being that of A.K. Gaines, the administrator of John P.'s estate. A large percentage of the correspondence is with Cassius M. Clay, an associate of Gaines. The collection also includes accounts, newspaper clippings, memoranda, and Gaines' certificate of appointment as the territorial governor of Oregon.

6 boxes.

American Periodical Series I

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Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

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United States. Army

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Oregon. Governor

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Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

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Cassius Marcellus Clay was born to Sally Lewis and Green Clay, one of the wealthiest planters and slaveholders in Kentucky, who became a prominent politician. He was one of six children who survived to adulthood, of seven born. Clay was a member of a large and influential political family. His older brother Brutus J. Clay became a politician at the state and federal levels. They were cousins of both Kentucky politician Henry Clay and Alabama governor Clement Comer Clay. Cassius' sister Elizab...

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

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Gaines, John Pollard, 1795-1857

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Lawyer, soldier, aide-de-camp to General Winfield Scott, territorial governor of the Oregon territory. Gaines was born in Augusta Co. Va. and moved with his family to Boone Co. Ky. shortly thereafter. He served in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. In 1850 President Taylor appointed him governor of the Oregon Territory. He died in Oregon in 1857. From the description of Papers, 1832-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536766 John Pollard Gaines was born (September 22, ...