Papers, 1893-1908.

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Papers, 1893-1908.

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Papers include court reports (1903-1905), vouchers, receipts and bills (1893-1908) from executors of William S. Ladd's estate, including: William M. Ladd, Charles E. Ladd, John W. Ladd, Mrs. Caroline A. Ladd, and Helen Corbett. Correspondents include Jay Cooke, John Wesley Ladd, and Benjamin Stark.

2.5 cu. ft. (2 boxes)14 v.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905

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Banker, financier, and fiscal agent for the U.S. Treasury Dept. during the Civil War. From the description of Jay Cooke correspondence, 1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983928 During the Civil War, Jay Cooke & Co. of Philadelphia developed the idea of selling government bonds, which capitalized on feelings of patriotism at the time and which were a major source of financing the war. Jay Cooke later was heavily involved in finanacing (unsuccessfully) the Northern Pa...

Ladd, Charles Elliot, 1857-1920.

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Ladd, William Sargent, 1826-1893.

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William Sargent Ladd was born in Holland, Vermont in 1826. He arrived in Portland, Oregon in 1851 and took a job as a clerk in a mercantile store (which he later purchased). In 1854, after serving one term on the city council, Ladd was elected mayor of Portland. With his business partner Charles E. Tilton, Ladd later established the first bank in Oregon (1859), the Ladd & Tilton Bank. Over the course of his business career, he acquired extensive property holdings and a number of profitable c...

Stark, Benjamin, 1820-1898

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Benjamin Stark was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 26, 1820, and attended school in New London, Connecticut. In 1845 he sailed for Oregon, where he purchased an interest in a Portland land claim. Later he entered a New York business partnership to ship merchandise to California during the gold rush. When the New York parent company went bankrupt, Stark was only able to salvage his Portland property. In 1850 he moved to Portland and married Elizabeth Molthrop in 1854. He was appointed to c...

Ladd, William Mead, 1855-1931.

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Ladd, John Wesley, 1870-1932

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