Simeon and Amanda Reed papers, 1823-1916. 1823-1916.

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Simeon and Amanda Reed papers, 1823-1916. 1823-1916.

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The collection consists of early family correspondence, business records of Simeon Reed's many endeavors including ledgers, journals, correspondence, check stubs, and other documents, diaries, deguerrotypes, photographs, and WPA typscritps of business correspondence.

51 linear ft.

Reed College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7687547

Reed College Library

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Reed, Amanda Wood, 1832-1904

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Reed, Simeon Gannett, 1830-1895.

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Simeon Reed was born in 1830 in Massachusetts. After several jobs in commerce, he married Amanda Wood, and in 1852 they sailed to San Francisco. That same year they moved to Portland, where he worked in William Ladd's general merchandise store, becoming a partner four years later. He helped organize and run the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, which monopolized commercial traffic on the Columbia River and from which he reaped much profit before it sold in 1879. Reed bought farms, owned several m...

Reed College (Portland, Or.)

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