William P. Gray papers [manuscript], 1874-1928.

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William P. Gray papers [manuscript], 1874-1928.

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Miscellaneous papers of William P. Gray, steamboat captain, including letters, documents, and ephemera, relating to himself, his wife, Oceana Falkland Bush Gray (b. 1849), his parents, William Henry Gray (1810-1889) and Mary A. Dix Gray (1810-1881). Included are an 11 page manuscript titled "Patrolling the Upper Columbia River during the Indian War of 1878," 1916 June 23; letter of Gray to Frank B. Gill, 1925 Aug. 3, re his steamboating career on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers (4 pp. typescript); autobiographical account of Gray's steamboating days, 1926 July 28; obituary of Oceana Falkland Bush Gray, n.d.; letter of Mary A. Dix Gray to William P. Gray, 1874 Oct. 14, urging him not to drink (2 pp.); and a copy of the Whitman College Quarterly issue on William H. and Mary A. Dix Gray, v. 19, no. 3, 1916 Nov. (16 pp.).

.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Gray, William H., Lt.

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William P. Gray's parents, William Henry Gray and Mary A. Dix Gray, were Oregon pioneers and missionaries, and friends of Marcus and Narcissa Prentiss Whitman. From the description of William P. Gray papers [manuscript], 1874-1928. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 664254013 William P. Gray was born in 1912. He attended Glendale High School (class of 1929); the University of California, Los Angeles (class of 1934); and Harvard Law School. He a...

Gray, Mary Augusta Dix, 1810-1881

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Wife of William Henry Gray, lay assistant to several Pacific Northwest Indian missions. From the description of Diary, 1840-1842. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31413427 ...

Gray, Oceana Falkland Bush, 1849-

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Gray, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1889

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Dr. William Henry Gray, a physician and lay missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, was born on May 10, 1810. In 1836, he joined Marcus Whitman and Henry H. Spalding to travel overland and establish a mission for the Indians of the Oregon Country. In 1837, Gray traveled east in order to obtain more recruits for the missions and returned the following year with his new bride, Mary Augusta Dix Gray. William Gray was also instrumental in the formation of Oregon's Pr...