Eugene Franklin Skinner letters [manuscript], 1849-1860.

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Eugene Franklin Skinner letters [manuscript], 1849-1860.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668236512

Collection includes letters to Skinner from Samuel R. Thurston requesting a map of Benton County; offer to recommend Skinner as postmasters; report on cholera epidemic; complaint of "Oregon City clique" ; asking Skinner to distribute copies of a speech; and reporting status of bills in Congress. Letters from Skinner to his sister Phebe Urquhart discussing his wife's health, the children's piano lessons, and other family news.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7961520

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Skinner, Eugene F., 1809-1864

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Skinner was born in Essex, New York, arriving in Oregon in 1846. Skinner became the first settler in Skinner's Butte (Eugene) area in 1847. From the description of Eugene Franklin Skinner letters [manuscript], 1849-1860. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 668236512 ...

Skinner, Mary Cook.

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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 ...