Alexander Lattie letter to Jas. Douglass, Esq. [manuscript], 1847 Mar. 10.

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Alexander Lattie letter to Jas. Douglass, Esq. [manuscript], 1847 Mar. 10.

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Typescript copy of a letter asking to be given a job, vowing to "renounce the use of spirits."

.01 cubic feet (1 pp.)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Douglas, James, 1803-1877

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Lattie, Alexander, 1802-1849.

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