The North West and Pacific Coast of the United States : Ithaca, New York, 1883.

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The North West and Pacific Coast of the United States : Ithaca, New York, 1883.

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A general account, by his son, of Samuel Parker the missionary, and the circumstances of his going to Oregon in 1835, with a long critique of William H. Gray's History of Oregon. Tipped in at end is a letter to H.H. Bancroft, 1883, presenting Parker's views on Western history and offering Bancroft his manuscript.

Originals : 204 pages ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (84 exposures) : negative (Rich. 105:15) and positive (Film P-A, reel 11)

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Parker, Samuel, 1779-1866

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Reverend Samuel Parker was born on April 23, 1779 in Ashfield, Massachusetts. After his ordination in 1812, Parker preached and taught for over twenty years in New York. In 1833, he volunteered for service under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Two years later, he and Dr. Marcus Whitman traveled to the Green River to determine the feasibility of an Indian mission for the Flathead and Nez PerceĢ tribes. Whitman returned east, while Parker continued west and spent the wint...

Parker, Samuel Junius, 1819-1898.

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Gray, W. H. (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...