Meriwether Lewis family papers, 1807-1935.

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Meriwether Lewis family papers, 1807-1935.

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The collection contains: sight draft for payment to the Bank of the United States from Meriwether Lewis, 1807 December 14 (holograph manuscript, signed); engraved portrait with clipped signature of Lewis, undated; Joel Barlow's tribute to Meriwether Lewis and John Quincy Adams's parody, undated (typescript copy); "Historical sketch of an original portrait of Governor Meriwether Lewis," circa 1889, by R.L. Dabney and others, (photocopy of typescript); "Index of the family tree of Robert Lewis ... 1635-1935" (typescript); two engraved portraits of Lewis, undated; and Lewis family tree, showing many of the descendants of Robert Lewis of Wales who emigrated to America in the year 1635, circa 1935.

.4 cubic feet (8 items in 1 document case and 1 tube)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8072019

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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...

Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812

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Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809

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