Orville C. Pratt papers, 1839-1888.

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Orville C. Pratt papers, 1839-1888.

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Includes: autograph letter from Pratt to Samuel Parker, 1850, May 31, regarding the Oregon land bill; autograph letter from Pratt to Robert Kinney, 1851 Nov. 28, regarding politics, A.J. Hembree, and Linn City; autograph letter from J.W. Tucker, 1865 June 22, regarding sale of a watch; and autograph letter from Hubert Howe Bancroft, 1880 Feb. 2, asking for a contribution for his history of Oregon, with copy of letter from Pratt to Bancroft, 1880, Feb. 4. Also includes photostats of letters and documents, 1837-1863, including: records of Pratt as cadet at West Point, 1837-1839; documents concerning his judicial offices and appointments, 1840-1863; correspondence with Samuel Stevens in Albany, New York, 1851; synopsis of Pratt's life; documents relating to the location controversy in Oregon; and Pratt's diary, 1848. contains letters to and from Matthew Paul Deady and Joseph Lane; and diary of Pratt, 1848, vols. 1-2.

1 folder.1 microfilm reel.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Pratt, Orville C. (Orville Charles), 1819-1891

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Pratt, a lawyer of Rochester, New York, and Galena, Illinois, was appointed associate justice of the Second District, Oregon Territory. In 1856 he moved to San Francisco, where he was later elected judge of the Twelfth District. From the description of Overland journey from Fort Leavenworth to Los Angeles /by Orville C. Pratt, 1848-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126351 ...

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...

Kinney, Robert Porterfield, 1821-1856

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Parker, Samuel Wilson, 1805-1859.

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