Samuel R. Thurston letters to Wesley Shannon [manuscript], 1850 Feb. 3 - 1851 Feb. 27.

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Samuel R. Thurston letters to Wesley Shannon [manuscript], 1850 Feb. 3 - 1851 Feb. 27.

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Collection includes a combination of original and typescript copies of letters written from Samuel R. Thurston to Wesley Shannon, 1850 Feb. 3 - 1851 Feb. 27. Topics include Indian Affairs of Oregon, Oregon penitentiary, national political maneuvering especially in regard to Donation Land Law, the newspaper the Oregon Statesman, capital controversy, Oregon politics, Dr. John McLoughlin, the Oregon City land claims dispute, and Free African Americans in Oregon. Also included in the collection is one letter from Wesley Shannon to E.L. Bristow, 1884 Apr. 4.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7955705

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Shannon, Wesley.

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Elijah Bristow was the first pioneer to build a home in Lane County in October of 1846. From the description of Wesley Shannon letter to E.L. Bristow [manuscript], 1884 Apr. 4. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 663206860 ...

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 ...