Joel Palmer papers, 1850-1880.

Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869

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Wool, a New York native, was a career U. S. army officer who began his service during the War of 1812, led victorious troops at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican War, and commanded several departments in the eastern United States until he retired on August 1, 1863. From the description of Orders No. 302, May 28, 1847. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 301369825 John Ellis Wool (1784-1869) was an American military officer who fought 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...

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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...

Raymond, W. W. (William Wakeman), 1815-1894

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W .W. Raymond arrived at the Oregon Country on the sailing ship "Lausanne" on May 20, 1840 as a farmer for the Oregon Mission. As a member of the Mission, he served as a farmer, school teacher, and following its disbandment became Sub-Indian Agent at Grand Ronde and Clatsop Indian Reservations. From the description of W. W. Raymond papers [manuscript], 1849-1888. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 667627189 ...

Manypenny, George Washington, 1809-1893

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Indian commissioner. From the description of Letters of George Washington Manypenny, 1845-1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453826 ...