Letter: to Thomas Nelson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon Territory /by Daniel Webster, 1852 Aug 27.

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Letter: to Thomas Nelson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon Territory /by Daniel Webster, 1852 Aug 27.

On the possessory rights of the Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural companies.

2 p.; 25 cm.

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United States. Department of State

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The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...

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Nelson, Thomas, fl. 1852.

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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...