Letter: to the Honorable Daniel Webster, Secretary of State /by John Butler Chapman, 1852 Sep 24.

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Letter: to the Honorable Daniel Webster, Secretary of State /by John Butler Chapman, 1852 Sep 24.

The letter was written to fulfill a promise to President Fillmore to put in writing facts with regard to the land in Oregon Territory claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company and Puget Sound Agricultural Company.

10 p. (in 2 folders) ; 31 cm.

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Chapman, J. Butler (John Butler), 1797-1877

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John Butler Chapman settled in Grays Harbor, Washington Territory, in 1851 but moved to Steilacoom. He was a lawyer from Indiana and a delegate at the convention that memorialized Congress on the division of Oregon Territory in 1851. From the description of Letter: to the Honorable Daniel Webster, Secretary of State /by John Butler Chapman, 1852 Sep 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702689017 ...

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...