Papers, 1848-1857.

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Papers, 1848-1857.

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Papers consist of legal documents from two U.S. District Court cases: (1) Territory of Oregon vs. Masters (1854), defendant accused of imprisoning an Indian boy (Baptiste) against his will; (2) Territory of Oregon vs. James H. McMillen (1857), defendant charged with murdering Andrew J. Masters over a land dispute; documents compiled by Verne Bright.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Masters, Andrew Jackson, d. 1856.

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United States. District Court (Oregon Territory : Washington County)

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United States. District Court (Oregon Territory : Tuality County)

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McMillen, James H., 1823-1913.

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James H. McMillen (1823-1913) was an Oregon pioneer of 1845, volunteer in the Cayuse Indian war and resident of Washington County, Oregon. From the guide to the James H. McMillen reminiscences, 1910-1911, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) James H. McMillen (1823-1913) was an Oregon pioneer of 1845, volunteer in the Cayuse Indian war and resident of Washington County, Oregon. In 1857 he was charged with the murder of Andrew Jackson Masters ...

Bright, Verne

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Verne Bright was born in 1893. He attended Pacific Lutheran University after serving in Siberia during WWI. During the Depression he was the supervisor of the professional and service divisions of the Works Progress Administration. During World War II he worked in the Portland shipyards, and after the war he worked as a newspaper reporter, freelance writer, and the assistant postmaster of Aloha, where he lived. He wrote over sixteen hundred poems that appeared in the North American Poetry Review...