Papers, 1855-1861.

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Papers, 1855-1861.

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Diary (May 1858) with descriptions of livestock and Kelly's general political beliefs and observations, notably regarding General Joseph Lane and slavery; diary (November-December 1855) detailing allotment of supplies by soldier's name and records of voting for Cornelius or Layton for colonelship of volunteers; diary (October 14 - December 26, 1855) covering organization and movement of Clackamas County volunteers from Portland to Barlow's Gate, The Dalles, Camp Curry, Fort Henrietta and Walla Walla. Diary (October 1855) detailing allotment of supplies and accounts of supplies by soldier's names; letter (February 23, 1856) from Richard Field of Portland Quartermaster Department about accounting for supplies; diary (March 12 - April 28, 1856) describing movements of Kelly's detachment tracking Indians and encountering villages in the Snake River, Palouse River, Priest Rapids, Yakima River, and Walla Walla areas; account book (October 1855) for Company C.

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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...

Kelly, James K. 1819-1903.

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Born on February 16, 1819 in Center County, Pennsylvania, James Kerr Kelly sailed to Oregon and settled in Oregon City in 1851. A lawyer, Kelly was very involved in Oregon politics, serving in the Council of the Oregon Territorial Legislature (1853-57), in Oregon's constitutional convention (1857), as a state senator (1860-64), U.S. Senator (1871-77), and chief justice of Oregon's Supreme Court (1878-80). He was a captain and lieutenant-colonel for Company C of the Oregon Volunteers in the Yakim...