Joseph Lane papers, 1848-1875 (bulk 1850-1858).

Alvord, Benjamin, 1813-1884

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Alvord was born in Rutland, Vermont, where he developed an interest in nature. He attended the United States Military Academy and displayed a talent in mathematics. He graduated in 1833. He was assigned to the 4th U.S. Infantry and participated in the Seminole Wars. He returned to West Point as an assistant professor of mathematics until 1839, when he was again assigned to the 4th Infantry. He spent 21 years of his military career with that regiment. He was on frontier, garrison, and engin...

Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875

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John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and served in the U.S. Senate during the outbreak of the American Civil War, but was expelled after joining the Confederate Army. He was appointed Confederate secretary of war in 1865. Breckinrid...

Smith, Delazon, 1816-1860.

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Delazon Smith came to Oregon in 1852, and settled in Linn County. He had political ambitions, served in the Territorial Legislature, and, with Joseph Lane, was first United States Senator from Oregon, elected in 1858. From the guide to the Delazon Smith letters to William H. Smith of Rochester, NY, 1857-1859, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) From the guide to the Delazon Smith, Albany, O.T., letter to Aaron E. Wait, September 13, ...

Grover, La Fayette, 1823-1911

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Lafayette Grover served as Governor of Oregon from 1870-1877 and was then resigned to become a United States Senator. From the guide to the Lafayette Grover diary, 1851-1853, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) ...

Holbrook, Amory, 1820-1866

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Bryant, William P., 1806-1860

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Judge William P. Bryant was appointed first Chief Justice of the Oregon Territory by President Polk, served 1848-1852. From the description of William P. Bryant papers [manuscripts], 1839-1853. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 671781662 From the guide to the William P. Bryant papers, 1839-1853, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...

Boise, Reuben Patrick, 1819-1907

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Blain, Wilson, 1813-1861

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Wilson Blain was a minister of the "Covenanting" branch of the Presbyterian church and editor of the Oregon Spectator newspaper. He was also a member of the first Oregon Territorial legislature, representing Tualatin County. From the description of Letters, 1848-1857. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 32041602 ...

Atkinson, G. H. (George Henry), 1819-1889

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George H. Atkinson, a Congregational minister in the Pacific Northwest, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1843 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1846. Unable to accept an appointment to a mission in Africa because he had not yet been ordained, he sailed to Oregon by way of Hawaii with his wife, arriving in 1848. Atkinson originally settled in Oregon City. He prepared the first public school law in Oregon and helped plan for the forming of Pacific University. In 1963, he became pastor of...

Pratt, Orville C. (Orville Charles), 1819-1891

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Pratt, a lawyer of Rochester, New York, and Galena, Illinois, was appointed associate justice of the Second District, Oregon Territory. In 1856 he moved to San Francisco, where he was later elected judge of the Twelfth District. From the description of Overland journey from Fort Leavenworth to Los Angeles /by Orville C. Pratt, 1848-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126351 ...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881

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Joel Palmer was born October 4, 1810 in Elizabethtown, Ontario, Canada to Ephraim and Anna Palmer. When Joel was two his family fled the ravages of the War of 1812 and settled in the frontier village of Lowville in northern New York. At the age of twelve Joel was "bound out" (a form of indentured servitude) to the Haworth family in the Catskill Mountains. At age 16 he left the Catskills for Philadelphia where he married Catherine Caffee in 1830, who later died in childbirth. In 1836 Joel married...

Democratic Party (U.S.)

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Bush, Asahel, 1824-1913

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Asahel Bush was the publisher of the Oregon Statesman. From the description of Asahel Bush letter to John Colgate Bell [manuscript], 1893 Mar. 7. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 664125845 Asahel Bush Jr. (1824-1913) was a publisher, banker and Democratic political leader. From the guide to the Asahel Bush letter to Hugh D. O'Bryant, 1850 April 27, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) From the guide to the Asahel ...

Abernethy, George, 1807-1888

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White, Elijah, 1806-1879

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Dr. Elijah White, pioneer physician and sub-Indian agent, was born in 1806 in New York state. In 1836, White was appointed by the Methodist Church to serve as a doctor at Jason Lee's Willamette Mission. He served at the mission until 1841, when he disagreed with Lee regarding mission policy and resigned, returning east by ship. In 1842, he was commissioned sub-Indian agent of Oregon by the federal government. His responsibilities as Indian agent concerned primarily the Nez Percé and Cayuse trib...

McBride, John Rogers, 1832-1904

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John Rogers McBride became a lawyer and the first U.S. Representative for the state of Oregon. Later was Chief Justice of the Idaho Territory. From the description of Recollections, ca. 1900. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31611416 ...

Gibbs, A. C. (Addison Crandall), 1825-1886

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Addison Crandall Gibbs (1825-1886) was the Civil War governor of Oregon, a Union supporter, a lawyer, and a businessman. He came to Oregon in 1852, married Margaret M. Wilkins in 1854, was elected governor in 1862, and served as a U.S. Attorney in 1872. Gibbs was instrumental in founding the "Union League." He also served on the board of Willamette University. Gibbs died in London, December of 1886. From the description of Addison Crandall Gibbs papers [manuscript}, 1858-1886. (Orego...

Huntington, John Webster Perit, 1831-1869.

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John Webster Perit Huntington was born July 5, 1831 in Norwich, Connecticut and died June 3, 1869 at the age of 37. He sailed around Cape Horn in 1850, settling in Yoncalla, Umpqua (now Douglas) County, Oregon in 1852. He was elected to the state legislature in 1860 and appointed Oregon's Superintendent of Indian Affairs in 1863. As superintendent, Huntington played a significant role in securing treaties with the Warm Springs and Snake tribes. He was also part owner of a "Unionist" paper in the...

Applegate, Jesse A., 1811-1888

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Oregon pioneer, legislator, and writer. From the description of Letter, 1864 Oct. 31. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22390872 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...

Nesmith, James Willis, 1820-1885

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James Willis Nesmith was born July 23, 1820 in New Brunswick, Canada. He arrived in Oregon in 1843 with pioneer missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman. Nesmith held several public offices, including provisional government supreme court judge, state legislator, captain in the Cayuse, Rogue River, and Yakima Indian Wars, U.S. marshall, superintendent of Indian affairs, and U.S. senator. From the description of James Willis Nesmith papers, 1845-1885. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library)....

Smith, Delazon

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Deady, Matthew P. (Matthew Paul), 1824-1893

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Matthew Paul Deady, son of Daniel and Mary Ann (McSweeny) Deady, was born near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland on May 12, 1824. The Deady family worked a farm first in Maryland and, after 1828, in Wheeling, Virginia. Deady received his early education from his father and later at Wheeling's Lancasterian Academy. In 1837, three years after Mary Ann Deady's death, the family moved to Ohio. From 1841 to 1845 Deady was apprenticed to a blacksmith and, at the same time, attended Barnes...

Blanchet, Francis Norbert, 1795-1883

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Missionary in the Pacific Northwest in the 19th century; named vicar-general of the Oregon country in 1838 and first bishop of Oregon City (later known as the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon) when the episcopal see was created in 1846; developed the Catholic Ladder (1859) as a teaching device for the Indians to illustrate the history and beliefs of the Christian faith. From the description of Papers, 1846-1902 (bulk 1846-1882). (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 251639...

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...

Lane, Joseph, 1801-1881

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Joseph Lane was born in North Carolina December 14, 1801, and moved to Kentucky when he was three years old. At age fourteen Lane moved away from his family to Indiana. At the age of twenty-one Lane married Mary Hart Polly. The couple had eight children. From 1822 to 1846, Lane served in the Indiana State Legislature. After serving in the war against Mexico, where he became a major-general in 1847, he accepted the position as Territorial Governor of Oregon. Lane was sworn in as Governor on March...

Meek, Joseph Lafayette, 1810-1875

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