Letters to Sarah A. Willis [manuscript], circa 1880-1887.

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Letters to Sarah A. Willis [manuscript], circa 1880-1887.

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Letters to Sarah A. Willis, ca. 1880-1887, from friends and family regarding gossip, marriage prospects, Temperance legislation, etc. Correspondents include: Adda Luella George, Ida Guiberson, William R. Ross, Winn F. Thomas, George L. Whitworth, etc.

.08 cubic feet (5 folders)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8145963

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Thomas, Winn F.

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Whitworth, George Frederick, 1816-1907

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In 1853 George Whitworth, a minister in the Ohio Valley, set off for the Western frontier to establish a college that would provide a “good English education and a thorough religious training.” Fifty families joined his mission trek to the Northwest. By the time they reached Oregon, only Whitworth’s family had persisted. It was 30 years before he was able to revive his dream of establishing a college. “In 1883, in the village of Sumner, in Washington Territory, George Whitworth founded Sumner Ac...

George, Adda Luella

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Ross, William R. (William Robert)

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Originally of Westfield, N.J., later of Brooklyn, N.Y., and of Newport, R.I. From the description of Papers, 1951-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28416640 ...

Willis, Sarah (Sarah Caroline)

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Guiberson, Ida

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