Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers, 1847-1882.

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Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers, 1847-1882.

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Collection consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings. Most of the papers are imbedded in scrapbooks into which he and his wife pasted correspondence, printed pieces, and clippings. Most of the letters are either by Dowell or his wife, and represent an exchange of information and instruction, as well as gossip, between Jacksonville and Washington, D.C. Fragments of the Dowell papers exist in other libraries: the Huntington Library in San Marino, California; the Bancroft Library in Berkeley, California; and the Oregon Historical Society Library in Portland, Oregon.

3.5 linear ft. (7 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7668527

University of Oregon Libraries

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Dowell, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), Mrs.

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An attorney in Jacksonville, Oregon, Dowell was a native of Virginia, born in 1826. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in law in 1847. Dowell came overland to California in 1850, but migrated to Oregon almost immediately. With little legal business in Oregon, Dowell taught school and then ran a pack train from various points to the gold region of southern Oregon and northern California in the 1850s. He resumed practicing law after his pack train was captured ...

Dowell, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

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Yreka, Calif. miner (1855). Collection includes his 1855 diary describing battles with Indians, work with pack animals and activities at mining camps in northern California. Later, Dowell was a Portland, Oregon attorney (1860s-1890). From the description of B.F. Dowell papers, 1855-1885. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 34941023 An attorney in Jacksonville, Oregon, Benjamin Franklin Dowell was born in Virginia in 1826. He graduated from the University of Virg...