Letter: to the editor of the Pacific Tribune /by William Henry Gray, 1865 Sep 15.

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Letter: to the editor of the Pacific Tribune /by William Henry Gray, 1865 Sep 15.

The letter is an answer to a statement in the Pacific Tribune of September 9 by H. S. D. Day, counsel for the Hudson's Bay Company, about its claims in Washington Territory and those of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company. Gray notes the history between the Hudson's Bay Company, missionaries, and early settlers.

11 p. (in 2 folders) ; 32 cm.

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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...

Puget Sound Agricultural Company

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Puget Sound Agricultural Company was a subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company. From the description of Puget Sound Agricultural Company records [manuscript], 1847-1851. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 662544070 ...

Hudson's Bay Company

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The Hudson's Bay Company began in 1670, and by the 1820s it had expanded to the Pacific Northwest. John McLoughlin served as the head of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia district. In this position, which McLoughlin held for twenty-one years, he oversaw the company's operations throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Researching the role Dr. McLoughlin played in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company were Robert C. Clark and Burt B. Barker. Both were historians at the University of Oregon wh...