Willard H. Rees letters to H.H. Bancroft : Butteville, Oregon : ALS, 1879.

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Willard H. Rees letters to H.H. Bancroft : Butteville, Oregon : ALS, 1879.

Letter and portion of letter, September 18 and October 23, 1879, giving information on early French Canadian settlers in Oregon, some of whom went to California in the Gold Rush, and his own overland journey to Oregon, 1844.

Originals : 8 p. ; 23 & 28 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (9 exposures) : negative (Rich. 105:18) and positive (Film P-A, reel 13)

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Rees, Willard Hall, 1819-1903

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...