J. Quinn Thornton papers, 1810-1888.

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J. Quinn Thornton papers, 1810-1888.

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Includes correspondence, notes, and other papers concerning "Why Dr. McLougnlin withdrew from the Hudson's Bay Company"; scrapbook containing clippings relating to Oregon history from S.A. Clarke collection; bound volume of essays titled "Comments of J. Quinn Thornton" (formerly Mss 371 B); receipt to James Moffett for $1,000 for lot in Oregon City, 1851 July 15; complaint in action of debt, U.S. District Court, J. Quinn Thornton, plaintiff, Joshua Wells and Edward Morgan, defendants; printed pamphlet titled "Salem titles : history of the title to real estate in Salem" (48 p.); and letter from Samuel R. Thurston, 1850 Dec. 7, concerning Thornton's accusations against Thurston (4 p.). Also includes Essays on various topics, holograph manuscripts by Thornton, including an essay on the Oregon Bible Society and an autobiography (designated as Mss 371-1).

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857

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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 to local papers. From the guide to the Elwood Evans notebook, 1859-1882, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) ...

Thurston, Samuel Royal, 1816-1851

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Blain was a Presbytarian minister and the editor of the newspaper "Oregon Spectator," 1849 Oct. 4 - 1850 Sept. 5. From the description of Samuel R. Thurston letters to Wilson L. Blain [manuscript], 1850. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 669500711 Lawyer, member of Congress from Oregon Territory. From the description of ALS and receipt : Washington, D.C., 1850. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617165 ...

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...

Oregon Bible Society.

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