Oregon history : Salem, Ore., and related materials : ms., 1869-1876.

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Oregon history : Salem, Ore., and related materials : ms., 1869-1876.

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Interview, June 15, 1878, with Hubert Howe Bancroft, recorded by Amos Bowman. Notes on organization of territorial government (including his trip East, 1848); Hudson's Bay Company and Dr. McLoughlin; Marcus Whitman; schools; medal commemorating schools; the state seal; medal commemorating discovery of the Columbia River, formerly in the possession of Captain Gray; first printing press in Oregon Territory; the Donner Party; Indian wars. Bound in at end of volume are letters, 1876, and manuscript, Origin of missions in Oregon, by Rev. John W. York; correspondence, Oct., 1870, of Albert Boyd Otis; letters, 1869-1871, from Hall Jackson Kelley concerning early history of Oregon (including four of his Beloved Brethren series); material for the history of Oregon (a catalogue of books and pamphlets). Contains the letter by Rev. John W. York on p. 41-58.

Originals : 40 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (90 exposures) : negative (Rich. 105:14) and positive.Transcriptions : [7] leaves ; 33 cm.

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McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857

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Elwood Evans (1828-1898), born in Philadelphia, went to Oregon Territory in 1851 as deputy collector of customs at Nisqually. From 1859 to 1861, he served as mayor of the newly incorporated town of Olympia, Washington. In addition to his historical work, A History of the Pacific Northwest, he contributed many historical articles to local papers. From the guide to the Elwood Evans notebook, 1859-1882, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) ...

Otis, Albert Boyd, 1839-1897

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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...

Bowman, Amos, -1894

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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...

York, John W.

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Thornton, J. Quinn (Jessy Quinn), 1810-1888

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Born in Mason County, Virginia in 1810, Jessy Quinn Thornton was educated at the University of Virginia where he studied law. He later practiced law in Palmyra and Hannibal Missouri, and in Quincy, Illinois. In 1838 he married Nancy M. Logue at Hannibal. In 1846 he traveled overland to Oregon with his family. He became a judge of the Oregon Provisional Government's Supreme Court and was sent to Washington to lobby for the establishment of a territorial government. His works include Oregon and Ca...

Gray, Robert, 1755-1806

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Kelley, Hall J. (Hall Jackson), 1790-1874

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Propagandist and colonist. From the description of Hall J. Kelley papers, 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980703 ...