Document, 1851 Jul 3.

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Document, 1851 Jul 3.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127581

Document authorizing and empowering the Honorable Alvin T. Smith of Washington County, Oregon Territory, to serve as Judge of the Probate Court of the County, signed by Gov. J. P. Gaines and Secretary of Oregon Territory E. Hamilton.

1 p. (in 2 folders)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Smith, Alvin Thompson, 1802-1888

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Alvin Thompson Smith, lay missionary and pioneer, was born November 17, 1802 in Brantford, Connecticut. He moved to Indiana in the 1830s and came overland to Oregon in 1840. He spent his first Oregon winter at Henry Spalding's mission, where he helped build grist and saw mills for the missionary. He settled on a land claim at present-day Forest Grove, where he donated money to the Congregational church and to the Tabitha Brown school. He was elected one of three magistrates at the Champoeg meeti...

Gaines, John Pollard, 1795-1857

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Lawyer, soldier, aide-de-camp to General Winfield Scott, territorial governor of the Oregon territory. Gaines was born in Augusta Co. Va. and moved with his family to Boone Co. Ky. shortly thereafter. He served in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. In 1850 President Taylor appointed him governor of the Oregon Territory. He died in Oregon in 1857. From the description of Papers, 1832-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536766 John Pollard Gaines was born (September 22, ...