James Laidlaw scrapbook [manuscript], 1867-1946.

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James Laidlaw scrapbook [manuscript], 1867-1946.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/706988717

Collection includes: Scrapbook, 1 vol., 1867-1946, containing biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, etc. regarding the Laidlaw family in England and Scotland, his career as Consul, his involvement in the movement to end shanghaiing and his dispute with Gideon Joubert, a former officer in the Boer army and lecturer in Portland, Oregon.

.29 cubic feet (1 volume)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8035580

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Joubert, Gideon Jacobus

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Laidlaw, James, 1847-1913.

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James Laidlaw, British consul, was born January 23, 1847 in Scotland. From the guide to the James Laidlaw scrapbook, 1867-1946, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) James Laidlaw, British consul, was born January 23, 1847 in Scotland. Arriving in America in 1871, Laidlaw was appointed in 1873 to the British Consulate for the district of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Founder and president of the British Benevolent Society, he was heavily involved in ...